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Hoof vs Trotter - What's the difference?

hoof | trotter |

As nouns the difference between hoof and trotter

is that hoof is the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering while trotter is a horse trained for harness racingW.

As a verb hoof

is to trample with hooves.

As a proper noun Trotter is

{{surname}.

hoof

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
  • (slang) The human foot.
  • (geometry, dated) An ungula.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To trample with hooves.
  • (colloquial) To walk.
  • (informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
  • (colloquial, football, transitive) to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.

    • Synonyms

    * (to kick)

    Related terms

    * hoofed * hoofer * hoof it * horse's hoof * on the hoof * cloven hoof English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    trotter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horse trained for harness racing(w).
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
  • The foot of a pig or sheep.
  • *
    • Finally Napoleon raised his trotter for silence and announced that he had already made all the arrangements.