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Burger vs Horseburger - What's the difference?

burger | horseburger |

As nouns the difference between burger and horseburger

is that burger is a hamburger while horseburger is a burger made from horsemeat.

burger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A hamburger.
  • (chiefly, as a combining form) A similar sandwich or patty.
  • Derived terms

    * baconburger * beanburger * beefburger * buffaloburger * burgery * clamburger * crabburger * deerburger * elkburger * fishburger * lamburger * mushroomburger * noodleburger * pizzaburger * porkburger * salmonburger * shrimpburger * soyaburger * soyburger * steakburger * tofuburger * tunaburger * turkeyburger * vealburger * vegeburger * veggieburger * venisonburger

    horseburger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A burger made from horsemeat.
  • * 1959 , Ronald Hambleton, Every man is an island
  • * 2010 , Piers Letcher, Croatia, 4th
  • One caveat – while the grah (hearty bean stew) is particularly good, traditional fare like horseburgers may not be to everyone's taste.
  • * 2013 , James Kirkup (The Daily Telegraph''), ''Horseburgers: it's OK to eat horses, but remember to say thank you [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jameskirkup/100198350/horseburgers-its-ok-to-eat-horses-but-remember-to-say-thank-you/]
  • And yet... Let's be honest about the horseburger thing: public outrage is based on an essentially irrational inconsistency about which animals we eat and which we don't. Why is eating horse any different from eating cow?