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Mutton vs Venison - What's the difference?

mutton | venison |

As nouns the difference between mutton and venison

is that mutton is the flesh of sheep used as food while venison is the meat of a deer.

As an adjective mutton

is deaf.

mutton

English

Noun

  • The flesh of sheep used as food.
  • Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
  • (obsolete) A prostitute.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mutton")

    Synonyms

    * (meat of a sheep) (l), (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (meat of a sheep) lamb

    Derived terms

    * mutton bird * mutton dressed as lamb

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

    • Synonyms

    * Mutton Jeff

    See also

    *

    venison

    English

    Noun

  • The meat of a deer.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

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