I doubt it.
I don’t know either man (and Chick is dead), obviously, but Hovind is, plain and simple, a con-man and a crook who made enormous amounts of money. He did not like to share his money with the government, so he did not pay taxes, and hid assets and income from the taxing authorities.
He spent a significant amount of time in prison.
Chick, on the other hand, was a lunatic. And, it seems to me, genuinely believed the insane (and often unintentionally funny) crap he put out there.
He didn’t seek personal fame (in fact, was famously reclusive) or riches. He had all the usual fundamentalist bees in his bonnet, along with a really bizarre obsession with the Catholic Church, and the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in particular.
There are plenty of Christians who really do believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible, including the creation account(s) in Genesis. And there are more Christians (like me) who don’t.
Hovind wasn’t a fundamentalist. Or even a Christian. He was a con man.
Chick was, I think, a Christian. He genuinely believed what he was preaching, as loony as it was. I think he was probably somewhat unbalanced (not that I’m a psychologist or anything).
ETA: Sorry, sorry, I just realized I responded to a zombie that had been resurrected. My fault.
On the other hand, even though the post to which I responded is ancient history, I didn’t resurrect the thread, it’s alive now, so I’ll let it stand.