The difference between Cattle and Neat

When used as nouns, cattle means domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc), whereas neat means a bull or cow.


Neat is also adjective with the meaning: clean, tidy.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cattle and Neat

  1. Cattle as a noun:

    Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).

    Examples:

    "Do you want to raise cattle?"

  2. Cattle as a noun:

    Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.

  3. Cattle as a noun (pejorative, figuratively):

    People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

  4. Cattle as a noun (obsolete, English law, sometimes, _, countable):

    chattel

    Examples:

    "goods and cattle"

  5. Cattle as a noun (uncountable, rare):

  1. Neat as a noun (archaic):

    A bull or cow.

  2. Neat as a noun (archaic):

    Cattle collectively.

  1. Neat as an adjective:

    Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.

    Examples:

    "My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.  nowrap She has very neat hair."

  2. Neat as an adjective:

    Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.

    Examples:

    "I like my whisky neat."

  3. Neat as an adjective (chemistry):

    Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.

    Examples:

    "The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.  nowrap The molecular beam was neat acetylene."

  4. Neat as an adjective (archaic):

    With all deductions or allowances made; net.

  5. Neat as an adjective:

    Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.

    Examples:

    "The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests."

  6. Neat as an adjective:

    Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.

    Examples:

    "Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch."

  7. Neat as an adjective (North American, colloquial):

    Good, excellent, desirable.

    Examples:

    "Hey, neat convertible, man."

  1. Neat as a noun (informal):

    An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare .

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