What is the difference between foal and colt?
foal | colt |
(equestrian) To give birth; to bear offspring.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
A young male horse.
A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.
* 1594 , , I. ii. 38:
(nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.
(obsolete) To horse; to get with young.
* 1610 , , II. iv. 133:
(obsolete) To befool.
* 1594 , , II. ii. 36:
To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.
* Spenser
Colt is a hyponym of foal.
As nouns the difference between foal and colt
is that foal is a young (male or female) horse, especially just after birth or less than a year old while colt is a young male horse.As verbs the difference between foal and colt
is that foal is to give birth; to bear offspring while colt is to horse; to get with young.foal
English
Verb
- "Well," said John, "I don't believe there is a better pair of horses in the country, and right grieved I am to part with them, but they are not alike; the black one is the most perfect temper I ever knew; I suppose he has never known a hard word or a blow since he was foaled , and all his pleasure seems to be to do what you wish...
See also
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l)colt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but / talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation to / his own good parts that he can shoe him himself.
Derived terms
* colt's toothSee also
* stallion, mare, foal, filly, horselingVerb
(en verb)- Never talk on't: / She hath been colted by him.
- What a plague mean ye to colt me thus?
- They shook off their bridles and began to colt .