Man vs Horse - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between man and horse

is that man is an adult male human while horse is (lb) of, like, or closely associated with the animal equus ferus caballus or horse can be (uncountable|slang|dated) heroin.

As verbs the difference between man and horse

is that man is to supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex) while horse is to frolic, to act mischievously (usually followed by "around").

As an interjection man

is .

man

English

Noun

(men)

An adult male human.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry V , act 4, scene 1:

The king is but a man , as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.

*:“it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

(lb) All human males collectively: mankind.

* 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:

Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.

A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Henry IV, Part 2 , act 4, scene 2:

a man cannot make him laugh.

* 1611 , Bible (KJV), (w) 12.17:

Recompence to no man euill for euill.

* (Joseph Addison), Monaco, Genoa, &c. , p.9:

A man would expect, in so very ancient a town of Italy, to find some considerable antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old Rostrum of a Roman ship, that stands over the door of their arsenal.

* 1991' edition (original: '''1953 ), Darell Huff, ''[//archive.org/details/HowToLieWithStatistics How to Lie with Statistics] , pp.19–20:

Similarly, the next time you learn from your reading that the average man (you hear a good deal about him these days, most of it faintly improbable) brushes his teeth 1.02 times a day—a figure I have just made up, but it may be as good as anyone else's – ask yourself a question. How can anyone have found out such a thing? Is a woman who has read in countless advertisements that non-brushers are social offenders going to confess to a stranger that she does not brush her teeth regularly?

(lb) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity.

* 1647 , Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 10:

How did God create man ?

God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

A member of the genus Homo'', especially of the species ''Homo sapiens .

* 1990 , The Almanac of Science and Technology (ISBN 0151050503), p.68:

The evidence suggests that close relatives of early man , in lineages that later became extinct, also were able to use tools.

(lb) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural.

* A Gest of Robyn Hode'', in the ''Child Ballads :

For God is holde a ryghtwys man .

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Much Ado about Nothing , act 3, scene 5:

God's a good man .

* 1609 , (Ben Jonson), :

Expect: But was the devil a proper man , gossip?

As fine a gentleman of his inches as ever I saw trusted to the stage, or any where else.

An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), :

He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house

* 2011 , Timothy Shephard, Can We Help Us?: Growing Up Bi-Racial in America (ISBN 1456754610), p.181:

I had the opportunity to marry one of them but wasn't mature enough to be a man and marry her and be close to the.

Manliness; the quality or state of being manly.

* 1598 , (Ben Jonson), (Every Man in His Humour)

Methought he bare himself in such a fashion, / So full of man , and sweetness in his carriage, /

A husband.

* Book of Common Prayer :

I pronounce that they are man and wife.

* 1715 , (Joseph Addison), The Freeholder :

In the next place, every wife ought to answer for her man .

A lover; a boyfriend.

A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing.

A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing.

A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

* 2007 , Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night (ISBN 0778324567), p.553:

*:"She's the man for the job."

* 2008 , Soccer Dad: A Father, a Son, and a Magic Season (ISBN 160239329X), p.148:

Joanie volunteered, of course — if any dirty job is on offer requiring running, she's your man —

* 2012 , The Island Caper: A Jake Lafferty Action Novel (ISBN 1622951999), p.34:

He also owns the only backhoe tractor on Elbow Cay, so whenever anyone needs a cistern dug, he's their man .

A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

* 1909 , Harper's Weekly , Vol.53, p.iii:

When President Roosevelt goes walking in the country about Washington he is always accompanied by two Secret Service men .

* 1913 , Robert Herrick, One Woman's Life , p.46:

*:"And they're very good people, I assure you — he's a Harvard man ." It was the first time Milly had met on intimate terms a graduate of a large university.

An adult male servant. (lb) A vassal. A subject.

(old proverb)

* William Blackstone:

The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honour.

A piece or token used in board games such as chess.

* 1883 , Henry Richter, Chess Simplified! , p.4:

The white men' are always put on that side of the board which commences by row I, and the black ' men are placed opposite.

(non-gloss definition, Used to refer to oneself or one's group): I, we; (construed in the third person).

* 2011 , (Top Boy) :

*:Sully: If it weren’t for that snake ... Man wouldn’t even be in this mess right now.

Usage notes

* The most common modern sense of the word is “an adult male human”, not “a generic human” or “humankind”, which explains the awkwardness of the following sentence: *: Man, like other mammals, breastfeeds his young. Nonsexist Language Guideline , the University of New Hampshire. * Nonsexist language advocates recommend the use of human'', ''human being'', ''humankind'' or ''person'', depending on context, instead of ''man .

Synonyms

* (adult male human) omi (Polari); see also * See also * See also

Derived terms

* airman * anchor man * bad man * barman * best man * black man * caveman * common man * company man * con man * dead man * dirty old man * Earthman * family man * fireman * foreman * government man * headman * hitman * kept man * lady's man * -man * man among men * manface * manful * manhood * mankind * manly * man of God * man of science * man of the cloth * man of the people * man of the world * man of war * man on * manpower * man's man * mantrap/man-trap/man trap * Marlboro Man * mountain man * old man * overman * policeman * underman * pan man * renaissance man * seaman * see a man about a dog * straight man * straw man * stunt man * strong man * the man * waterman * white man * woman * yes-man

Verb

(mann)

To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).

The shipped was manned with a small crew.

To take up position in order to operate (something).

Man the machine guns!

* 1876 , Julian Hawthorne, Saxon Studies :

he manned himself heroically

To wait on, attend to or escort.

To accustom (a hawk or other bird) to the presence of men.

Derived terms

* overman (verb)

Interjection

(en interjection)

Man , that was a great catch!

Quotations

* (English Citations of "man")

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horse

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) horse, hors, from (etyl) . (cognates) Cognate with (etyl) . Related to hurry.

Noun

(en noun)

(lb) Of, like, or closely associated with the animal Equus ferus caballus.

#A hoofed mammal, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

#*:Athelstan Arundel walked homeHe walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses', carriage-'''horses''', and cart-' horses , without taking the least notice of them.

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, chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.

#(lb) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae , including the zebra or the ass.

# Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

# The chess piece representing a knight, depicted as a man in a suit of armor and often on a horse, hence the nickname.

#(lb) A large person.

#(lb) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

(lb) Equipment with legs.

#In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high with two handles on top.

#A frame with legs, used to support something.

Equipment.

#A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.

#A breastband for a leadsman.

#An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.

#A jackstay.

#:(Totten)

(lb) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

(lb) The sedative, antidepressant, and anxiolytic drug morphine, chiefly when used illicitly.

*1962 , , 00:15:20

*:Check that shirt. I got a couple of jolts of horse stashed under the collar

(lb) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or (see ).

Usage notes

* The noun can be used attributively in compounds and phrases to add the sense of large and / or coarse

Synonyms

* (animal) horsie, nag, steed * (gymnastic equipment) pommel horse, vaulting horse * (chesspiece) knight

Hyponyms

* (animal) colt, foal, filly, gelding, palomino, pony, stallion

Derived terms

* change horses in midstream * cutting horse * dark horse * don't look a gift horse in the mouth * * flog a dead horse / beat a dead horse * from the horse's mouth * get off one's high horse * hold one's horses * horse and carriage * horseback * horse-breaker * horse-chestnut * horse-drawn * horse face * horsefeathers * horseflesh * horsefly * horsely * horse latitudes * horselaugh * horseman * horsemanship * horse of a different color * horse opera * horse pill * horseplay * horsepower * horse race * horse racing * horseradish * horse sense * horses for courses * horseshit * horseshoe * horse-stinger * horse trading * horsewhip * horsey, horsy, horsie * hung like a horse * I could eat a horse * one-horse race * one-horse town * pack horse, packhorse * plowhorse, ploughhorse * pommel horse * rocking horse * saddle horse * sawhorse * sea horse, seahorse * straight from the horse's mouth * sumpter horse * swap horses in midstream * vaulting horse * warhorse * willing horse * workhorse * work like a horse

Verb

(hors)

To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)

* (rfdate) Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (script)

"Genghis Khan! Abe Lincoln! That’s funny until someone gets hurt."
But Genghis Khan and Lincoln keep horsing around.

* (rfdate) Ted Lawson, Thirty Seconds over Tokyo :

I told him that if I passed out before we got to a hospital I wanted him to see to it that no quack horsed around with my leg.

To provide with a horse.

* Shakespeare

being better horsed , outrode me

(obsolete) To get on horseback.

* 1888 , :

He horsed himself well.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

* 1608 , , II. i. 203:

Stalls, bulks, windows / Are smothered up, leads filled, and ridges horsed / With variable complexions, all agreeing / In earnestness to see him.

(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).

To take or carry on the back.

* S. Butler

the keeper, horsing a deer

To place on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

* 1963 , Charles Harold Nichols, Many Thousand Gone

So they brought him out and horsed him upon the back of Planter George, and whipped him until he fell quivering in the dust.

Derived terms

* horse around * unhorse

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

(uncountable, slang, dated) Heroin.

Alright, mate, got any horse ?

Synonyms

* (heroin) H, smack

External links

* (wikipedia "horse")

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