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Equestrian vs Cavalry - What's the difference?

equestrian | cavalry |

As nouns the difference between equestrian and cavalry

is that equestrian is an equestrian person; a horserider while cavalry is (military|uncountable) the military arm of service that fights while riding horses.

As an adjective equestrian

is of horseback riding or horseback riders.

equestrian

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of horseback riding or horseback riders
    • They were an equestrian people.
    After his death an equestrian statue was created.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an equestrian person; a horserider

    • Hyponyms

    * equestrienne

    Derived terms

    * equestrianism

    cavalry

    English

    (wikipedia cavalry)

    Noun

    (cavalries)
  • (military, uncountable) The military arm of service that fights while riding horses.
  • (military, countable) An individual unit of the cavalry arm of service.
  • (military, countable) The branch of the military transported by fast light vehicles, also known as mechanized cavalry.

    • Derived terms

    * heavy cavalry * light cavalry * mechanized cavalry

    References

    * Delamarre, X. & Lambert, P. -Y. (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise : Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (2nd ed.). Paris: Errance. ISBN 978 2 87772 369 5, ISBN 2 87772 237 6

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