Darkhorse vs Underdog - What's the difference?
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Having the character of a dark horse
* {{quote-news, 2009, January 23, Ron Reed, Quirky but still the wheel deal, Herald Sun
, passage="He's a highly intelligent boy but a bit of a different character," says Alan Peiper, the Australian who directs the big American team Columbia-Highroad, for which Hansen is a darkhorse contender in the Tour Down Under. }} A competitor thought unlikely to win.
* 2004: The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
Somebody at a disadvantage.
A high swing wherein the person pushing the swing runs beneath the swing while the person being pushed is at the forward limit of the arc.
As an adjective darkhorse
is having the character of a dark horse.As a noun underdog is
a competitor thought unlikely to win.darkhorse
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Alternative forms
* dark-horseAdjective
(en adjective)citation
underdog
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Noun
(en noun)- In Athens, the Americans are underdogs to the Chinese and the Canadians
Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
- The visit of a Championship side would not normally send a shiver down their spine but they knew that Wigan were underdogs who would snap at their heels and that they possessed a potent bite if they were not kept on a firm leash.