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What is the difference between gazelle and antelope?

gazelle | antelope |

As nouns the difference between gazelle and antelope

is that gazelle is an antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa) or Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods while antelope is any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.

gazelle

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (archaic)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An antelope of either of the genera Gazella'' (mostly native to Africa) or ''Procapra (native to Asia), capable of running at high speeds for long periods.

    • Derived terms

    * Cuvier's gazelle * Dama gazelle * Dorcas gazelle * goitered gazelle * Grant's gazelle * Indian gazelle * Mongalla gazelle * Mongolian gazelle * mountain gazelle * Przewalski's gazelle * red-fronted gazelle * slender-horned gazelle * Soemmerring's gazelle * Speke's gazelle * Thomson's gazelle * Tibetan gazelle

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gazella) ----

    antelope

    English

    (wikipedia antelope)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several African mammals of the family Bovidae distinguished by hollow horns, which, unlike deer, they do not shed.
  • (US) The pronghorn, Antilocapra americana .
  • * 1881 , John W. Forney, The New Nobility , page 80
    • "It reminds me of when I was hunting antelope in Colorado," he said to her.

    See also

    * bontebok * dik-dik * eland * gazelle * hartebeest * klipspringer * kudu * oryx * roan * royal antelope * sable antelope * springbok * topi * waterbuck * wildebeest * * herd *