The difference between Horse and Trot
When used as nouns, horse means a hoofed mammal, of the genus equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work, whereas trot means an ugly old woman, a hag.
When used as verbs, horse means to frolic, to act mischievously. (usually followed by "around".), whereas trot means to walk rapidly.
check bellow for the other definitions of Horse and Trot
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Horse as a noun (zoology):
Any of several animals related to Equus ferus caballus. A hoofed mammal, of the genus Equus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work. Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including the zebra or the ass. Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category). The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a horse. A large and sturdy person. A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.
Examples:
"A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse."
"These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses."
"We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field."
"All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again."
"Now just remind me how the horse moves again?"
"Every linebacker they have is a real horse."
"synonyms Morgan's mule Spanish donkey"
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Horse as a noun:
In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top . A frame with legs, used to support something.
Examples:
"She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse."
"a clothes horse; a sawhorse'"
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Horse as a noun (nautical):
A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope. A breastband for a leadsman. An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon. A jackstay.
Examples:
"rfquotek W. C. Russell"
"rfquotek Totten"
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Horse as a noun (mining):
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.
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Horse as a noun (slang):
The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.
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Horse as a noun (US):
An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see ).
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Horse as a noun (dated, slang, among students):
A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.
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Horse as a noun (dated, slang, among students):
horseplay; tomfoolery
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Horse as a verb (intransitive):
To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)
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Horse as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a horse.
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Horse as a verb (obsolete):
To get on horseback.
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Horse as a verb:
To sit astride of; to bestride.
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Horse as a verb (of a male horse):
To copulate with (a mare).
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Horse as a verb:
To take or carry on the back.
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Horse as a verb:
To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.
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Horse as a noun (uncountable, slang):
Heroin .
Examples:
"Alright, mate, got any horse?"
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Trot as a noun (archaic, disparaging):
An ugly old woman, a hag.
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Trot as a noun (chiefly, of horses):
A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
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Trot as a noun:
A gait of a person faster than a walk.
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Trot as a noun:
A toddler.
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Trot as a noun (obsolete):
A young animal.
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Trot as a noun (dance):
A moderately rapid dance.
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Trot as a noun (mildly disparaging):
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Trot as a noun (Australia, obsolete):
A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
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Trot as a noun (Australia, New Zealand, with "good" or "bad"):
A run of luck or fortune.
Examples:
"He′s had a good trot, but his luck will end soon."
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Trot as a noun (dated, slang, among students):
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Trot as a verb:
To walk rapidly.
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Trot as a verb (intransitive, of a horse):
To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
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Trot as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
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Trot as a noun:
A genre of Korean pop music employing repetitive rhythm and vocal inflections.
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Compare with synonyms and related words:
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- horse vs nag
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- colt vs horse
- foal vs horse
- filly vs horse
- gelding vs horse
- horse vs palomino
- horse vs pony
- horse vs stallion
- horse vs mare
- horse vs pommel horse
- horse vs vaulting horse
- horse vs knight
- dobbin vs horse
- horse vs pony
- horse vs trot
- H vs horse
- horse vs smack
- jog vs trot
- jog vs trot
- pace vs trot
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