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Mustang vs Brumby - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between mustang and brumby

is that mustang is a small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west while brumby is a wild or feral horse.

mustang

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, hardy, naturalized (feral) horse of the North American west.
  • * 1846 , , The Mysteries of the Backwoods , Carey and Hart, page 12:
    • The mustang pony, the invariable companion of the inhabitant of the prairie, whether he is rich or poor, is a little creature, apparently narrow-chested, and small across the loins.
  • * 1851 , , The Scalp Hunters; Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico , vol. 3, Charles J. Skeet, page 145:
    • Having ridden a distance of two or three miles, Garey slackened his pace, and put the mustang to a slow walk.
  • A merchant marine who joined the U.S. Navy as a commissioned]] officer during the [[w:American Civil War, American Civil War.
  • * 1903 , James Hoyt (editor), Seen & Heard by Megargee , L.N. Megargee, page 1754:
    • He is a product of the merchant marine and is one of the officers called "Mustang s" who entered the navy during the Civil War.
  • * 1939 , Fred J. Buenzle, Bluejacket , W. W. Norton & Company, page 179:
    • He was the son of a famous artist, and was what we termed a "mustang " officer, who had come into the navy from the merchant service during the Civil War.
  • A commissioned officer who started military service as an enlisted person.
  • * 1918 , Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook , volume 120 (September–December 1918), Outlook Publishing Company, page 417:
    • … and the chief engineer is a "mustang" — that is, an officer who has risen from the ranks of enlisted men.
  • * 1943 , Josef Israels, He's in the Marine Corps Now , R.M. McBride & Company, page 170:
    • Mustang — Officer who came up through the ranks. None better.
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    brumby

    English

    Noun

    (brumbies)
  • (Australia) A wild or feral horse.
  • * 1967 , December 22, , page 69,
    • He captures brumbies , the wild horses of the outback, running them down on motorcycles and shipping them to the city where they are butchered for pet food.
  • * 1976 , Tom Lee McKnight, Friendly Vermin: A Survey of Feral Livestock in Australia , page 17,
    • If the latter situation prevails, brumbies can be developed into valuable stockhorses, either for use on the local property or for sale in other areas.
    Whatever the condition of a captured brumby , there is always the potential of selling it for pet food, fish bait, or even for human consumption.
  • * 1988 , Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked ,
    • Harry Farquharson said there were two or three springs and that the horses were “bloody wild”. He said there were probably about 300 and they were good horses, a long way above the average brumby .

    See also

    * mustang