Buckskin vs. Deer — What's the Difference?

The skin of a male deer.

Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, the fallow deer, and the chital; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer (caribou), the roe deer, the mule deer, and the moose.

A soft, often grayish-yellow leather usually having a suede finish, once made from deerskins but now generally made from sheepskins.

Any of various hoofed ruminant mammals of the family Cervidae, characteristically having deciduous antlers borne chiefly by the males. The deer family includes the white-tailed deer, elk, moose, and caribou.

Buckskins Clothing, especially breeches or shoes, made from buckskin.

A ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla.

A person who wears buckskins, especially an American backwoodsman or soldier in the Revolutionary War.

(in particular) One of the smaller animals of this family, distinguished from a moose or elk

A horse of a grayish-yellow color.

The meat of such an animal; venison.

The skin of a male deer, a buck.

Any animal, especially a quadrupedal mammal as opposed to a bird, fish, etc.

Clothing made from buckskin.

Any animal; especially, a wild animal.

Breeches made of buckskin.

A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervidæ. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison.

A grayish yellow in colour.

Distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.

A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.

Of a grayish yellow in colour.

The skin of a buck.

A soft strong leather, usually yellowish or grayish in color, made of deerskin.

A person clothed in buckskin, particularly an American soldier of the Revolutionary war.

Breeches made of buckskin.

Horse of a light yellowish dun color with dark mane and tail

A soft yellowish suede leather originally from deerskin but now usually from sheepskin