The difference between Foal and Stallion

When used as nouns, foal means a young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old, whereas stallion means specifically, one that is uncastrated.


Foal is also verb with the meaning: to give birth to (a foal).

check bellow for the other definitions of Foal and Stallion

  1. Foal as a noun:

    A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

  2. Foal as a noun (mining, historical):

    A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

  1. Foal as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

  1. Stallion as a noun:

    An adult male horse. Specifically, one that is uncastrated. A male horse kept primarily as a stud.

  2. Stallion as a noun:

    A very virile and sexually-inclined man or (rarely) woman.

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