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Boxer vs Bulldog - What's the difference?

boxer | bulldog |

As nouns the difference between boxer and bulldog

is that boxer is boxer (a breed of dog) while bulldog is a breed of dog developed in england by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the pug to produce a ladies companion dog having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs and smaller hind legs.

As a verb bulldog is

to chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).

boxer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.
  • You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.''
  • A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
  • A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
  • The person running a game of two-up.
  • One who packs boxes.
  • Synonyms

    * (participant in a boxing match) pugilist * (type of engine) boxer engine

    Derived terms

    * boxer shorts, boxers * kick-boxer, kickboxer

    See also

    * wrestler * (Boxer) * ----

    bulldog

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A breed of dog developed in England by the crossing of the bullbaiting dog and the Pug to produce a ladies companion dog. Having a very smooth coat, a flattened face, wrinkly cheeks, powerful front legs and smaller hind legs.
  • British bulldog
  • A stubborn person.
  • A refractory material used as a furnace lining, obtained by calcining the cinder or slag from the puddling furnace of a rolling mill.
  • One of the proctors' officers.
  • Synonyms

    * (breed of dog) English bulldog * See also

    Derived terms

    * British bulldog * bulldog edition * bulldog gravy

    Quotations

    * 1971 , Carol King and Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, Tapestry , Ode Records *: Big Jim the Chief stood for law and order...''. Now from his bulldog mouth''...'' Came the cry, “We got to ride to clean up the streets''... !”

    Verb

    (bulldogg)
  • To chase (a steer) on horseback and wrestle it to the ground by twisting its horns (as a rodeo performance).