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Cattle vs. Neat — What's the Difference?

Cattle vs. Neat — What's the Difference?

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Cattle

Cattle, or cows (female) and bulls (male), are large domesticated cloven-hooved herbivores. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos taurus.

Neat

Arranged in a tidy way; in good order
The books had been stacked up in neat piles

Cattle

Domesticated bovine animals (cows, bulls, steers etc).
Do you want to raise cattle?

Neat

Done with or demonstrating skill or efficiency
A neat bit of deduction

Cattle

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or horses.
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Neat

(of liquid, especially spirits) not diluted or mixed with anything else
He drank neat Scotch

Cattle

People who resemble domesticated bovine animals in behavior or destiny.

Neat

Very good; excellent
It was really neat seeing the city

Cattle

Chattel
Goods and cattle

Neat

A bovine animal.

Cattle

Used in restricted contexts to refer to the meat derived from cattle.

Neat

Orderly and clean; tidy
A neat office.
A neat desk.

Cattle

Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.

Neat

Habitually tidy or well-organized
Was lucky to have a neat roommate.

Cattle

Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age;
So many head of cattle
Wait till the cows come home
Seven thin and ill-favored kine
A team of oxen

Neat

Marked by ingenuity and skill; adroit
A neat turn of phrase.

Neat

Not diluted or mixed with other substances
Neat whiskey.

Neat

Left after all deductions; net
Neat profit.

Neat

(Slang) Wonderful; terrific
That was a neat party.

Neat

A cow or other domestic bovine animal.

Neat

Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
My room is neat because I tidied it this morning.
She has very neat hair.

Neat

Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
I like my whisky neat.

Neat

(chemistry) Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
The Arbuzov reaction is performed by adding the bromide to the phosphite, neat.
The molecular beam was neat acetylene.

Neat

(archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.

Neat

Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
The front room was neat and carefully arranged for the guests.

Neat

Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
Having the two protagonists meet in the last act was a particularly neat touch.

Neat

Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
Courts should not reduce this case to a neat set of legal rules.

Neat

Good, excellent, desirable.
Hey, neat convertible, man.

Neat

Used to signify a job well done.

Neat

Used to signify approval.

Neat

(informal) An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

Neat

(archaic) A bull or cow.

Neat

(archaic) Cattle collectively.

Neat

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot.
Wherein the herds[men] were keeping of their neat.
The steer, the heifer, and the calfAre all called neat.
A neat and a sheep of his own.

Neat

Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle.

Neat

Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy.
If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean.

Neat

Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress.

Neat

Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat.

Neat

Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief.

Neat

Clean or orderly;
Her neat dress
A neat room

Neat

Showing care in execution;
Neat homework
Neat handwriting

Neat

Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming;
A neat style
A neat set of rules
She hated to have her neat plans upset

Neat

Free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed;
He landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek
A clean throw
The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife

Neat

Very good;
He did a bully job
A neat sports car
Had a great time at the party
You look simply smashing

Neat

Without water;
Took his whiskey neat

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