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Calf vs Mutton - What's the difference?

calf | mutton |

As nouns the difference between calf and mutton

is that calf is a young cow or bull or calf can be (anatomy) the back of the leg below the knee while mutton is the flesh of sheep used as food.

As an adjective mutton is

(cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

calf

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) cealf, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A young cow or bull.
  • Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.
  • A young elephant, seal or whale (also used of some other animals).
  • A chunk of ice broken off of a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.
    • (Kane)
  • A small island, near a larger island.
    • the Calf of Man
  • A cabless railroad engine.
  • (informal, dated) An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.
  • * Drayton
    • some silly, doting, brainless calf
    Synonyms
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    Derived terms
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    Related terms
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    See also
    * cow * veal

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) kalfi, possibly derived from the same Germanic root as ().

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The back of the leg below the knee.
  • The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.
  • * 1988 , Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", , 47 (6): 28-34.
    • Sure, his calves are a little weak, but the rest of his physique is so overwhelming, he should place high.
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    mutton

    English

    Noun

  • The flesh of sheep used as food.
  • Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  • (obsolete) A prostitute.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mutton")

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a sheep) (l), (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a sheep) lamb

    Derived terms

    * mutton bird * mutton dressed as lamb

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

    • Synonyms

    * Mutton Jeff

    See also

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