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Caprine vs Bovine - What's the difference?

caprine | bovine |

As adjectives the difference between caprine and bovine

is that caprine is of or relating to goats while bovine is (not comparable) of or pertaining to cattle.

As nouns the difference between caprine and bovine

is that caprine is any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe while bovine is an animal of the tribe bovini , including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

caprine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to goats.
  • Goatlike.

    • See also

    * haedine * hircine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of certain caprids (including sheep) that are regarded as being similar to the goat; any member of the tribe .
  • * 2008 , Charles R. Peters, et al.'', ''3: Paleoecology of the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem'', A. R. E. Sinclair, Craig Packer, Simon A. R. Mduma, John M. Fryxell (editors, ''Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics , page 77,
    • By the late Holocene, most archaeological sites in the central Rift Valley display a significant pastoralist occupation and are dominated by cattle and caprines', while others preserve an abundant wild grassland fauna with substantial numbers of cattle and ' caprines (Gifford, Isaac, and Nelson 1980).
  • * 2010 , Aharon Sasson, Animal Husbandry in Ancient Israel: A Zooarchaeological Perspective on Livestock Exploitation, Herd Management and Economic Strategies , page 47,
    • For instance, the graph of the Early Bronze Age sites shows that the relative frequency of caprines in regions 1, 2, and 3 does not differ significantly.
  • * 2011 , Joy McCorriston, Pilgrimage and Household in the Ancient Near East , page 123,
    • Middle seventh-millennium BC domesticated caprines near the Red Sea coast may be introductions from across the Red Sea or along its coastal margins from the north (Vermeersch et al. 1994: 39), perhaps emphasizing the Red Sea littoral as a distinctive cultural area rather than a barrier or route to somewhere else.

    See also

    * * caprid * ovine * (tribe within subfamily Caprinae) ----

    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

    Related terms

    * beef * Bos * Boselaphini * Boselaphus * bovate * bovicide * boviculture * bovid * boviform * Bovidae * Bovinae * Bovini * Bovinus spiritualis * Bovril

    Noun

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