Bovine vs. Beef — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or resembling a ruminant mammal of the bovid subfamily Bovinae, such as a cow, ox, or buffalo, especially one in the genus Bos.

Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle, particularly skeletal muscle. Humans have been eating beef since prehistoric times.

Sluggish, dull, and stolid.

The flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food

An animal of the subfamily Bovinae, especially one of the genus Bos.

Flesh with well-developed muscle

(not comparable) Of or pertaining to cattle.

A complaint or grievance

(not comparable) Belonging to the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cows, buffalo, and bison.

A criminal charge

Sluggish, dull, slow-witted.

Complain

An animal of the family, subfamily, tribe, or genera including cattle, buffaloes and bison.

A full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow, especially one intended for use as meat.

Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.

The flesh of a slaughtered full-grown steer, bull, ox, or cow.

Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament.

(Informal) Human muscle; brawn.

Any of various members of the genus Bos

Pl. beefs Slang A complaint.

Of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)

To complain.

Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox;

(uncountable) The meat from a cow, bull, or other bovine.

The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).

Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.

Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.

(uncountable) Bovine animals.

A bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.

A grudge; dislike (of something or someone); lack of faith or trust (in something or someone); a reason for a dislike or grudge. (often + with)

(Dorset) Fibrous calcite or limestone, especially when occurring in a jagged layer between shales in Dorset.

To complain.

To add weight or strength to.

To fart; break wind.

To feud or hold a grudge against.

To cry.

To fail or mess up.

Being a bovine animal that is being raised for its meat.

Producing or known for raising lots of beef.

Consisting of or containing beef as an ingredient.

(slang) beefy; powerful; robust.

An animal of the genus Bos, especially the common species, Bos taurus, including the bull, cow, and ox, in their full grown state; esp., an ox or cow fattened for food.

The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

Applied colloquially to human flesh.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef.

Cattle that are reared for their meat

Meat from an adult domestic bovine

Informal terms for objecting;

Complain;