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Antelope vs Bovine - What's the difference?

antelope | bovine |

As nouns the difference between antelope and bovine

is that antelope is any of several african mammals of the family bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed while bovine is an animal of the tribe bovini , including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

As an adjective bovine is

(not comparable) of or pertaining to cattle.

antelope

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
  • (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana .
  • * 1881 , John W. Forney, The New Nobility , page 80
  • "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

    See also

    * bontebok * dik-dik * eland * gazelle * hartebeest * klipspringer * kudu * oryx * roan * royal antelope * sable antelope * springbok * topi * waterbuck * wildebeest * * herd *

    bovine

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.
  • (not comparable) Belonging to the tribe Bovini, including cows, buffalo, and bison.
  • Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.
  • Derived terms

    * acute bovine pulmonary emphysema * bibovine * bovine acetonaemia, bovine acetonemia * bovine achondroplasia * * * bovine antitoxin * bovine babesiosis * bovine bingo * bovine borreliosis * bovine brucellosis * bovine cancer eye * bovine cartilage * bovine colloid * bovine colostrum * bovine congenital ataxia * bovine coronavirus * bovine diarrhea virus, bovine diarrhoea virus * bovine encephalitis, bovine encephalomyelitis * bovine enterovirus * bovine ephemeral fever * bovine epizootic fever * bovine face * bovine farcy * bovine foot rot * bovine genital campylobacteriosis * bovine genital vibriosis * bovine genome * bovine growth hormone * bovine haemoglobinuria, bovine hemoglobinuria * bovine heart * bovine herpes mammillitis * * * bovine immunodeficiency virus * bovine immunoglobulin * bovine immunoglobulin concentrate * bovine infectious petechial fever * bovine ketosis * bovine lentivirus * bovine leprosy * bovine leptospirosis * bovine leukaemia, bovine leukemia * bovine leukosis * bovinely * bovine lymphomatosis * bovine malignant catarrh * bovine malignant catarrhal fever * bovine malignant lymphoma * bovine mastitis * bovine mitochondrial endonuclease * bovine myelin * bovine nocardiosis * bovine papillomatosis * bovine papilloma virus, bovine papillomavirus * bovine papular stomatitis * * bovine petechial fever * bovine porphyria * bovine progressive degenerative myeloencephalopathy * bovine respiratory syncytial virus * bovine rhinotracheitis vaccine * bovine rhinovirus * bovine serum albumin * bovine somatotrophin * bovine spongiform encephalitis * bovine spongiform encephalopathy * bovine sporadic encephalomyelitis * bovine theileriasis * bovine trichomoniasis * bovine trypanosomiasis * bovine tuberculosis * bovine ulcerative mammillitis * bovine vaccinia mammillitis * bovine viral diarrhea, bovine viral diarrhoea, bovine virus diarrhea, bovine virus diarrhoea * contagious bovine pleuropneumonia * contagious bovine pyelonephritis * enzootic bovine haematuria, enzootic bovine hematuria * epidemic bovine abortion * epizootic bovine abortion * fetal bovine serum, foetal bovine serum * infectious bovine keratitis * infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis * infectious bovine rhinotracheitis * ovibovine * sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis * sporadic bovine leukosis

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An animal of the tribe Bovini , including cattle, buffaloes and bison.