Horse vs. Pig — What's the Difference?

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated one-toed hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus.

A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include domestic pigs and their ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species.

A large plant-eating domesticated mammal with solid hoofs and a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and to carry and pull loads.

An omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.

A frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported, especially a sawhorse.

A greedy, dirty, or unpleasant person

A unit of horsepower

A police officer

Heroin.

An oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.

An obstruction in a vein.

A device which fits snugly inside an oil or gas pipeline and is sent through it to clean or test the inside, or to act as a barrier.

Provide (a person or vehicle) with a horse or horses

Gorge oneself with food

A large hoofed mammal (Equus caballus) having a short coat, a long mane, and a long tail, domesticated since ancient times and used for riding and for drawing or carrying loads.

Crowd together with other people in disorderly or dirty conditions

An adult male horse; a stallion.

(of a sow) give birth to piglets; farrow.

Any of various equine mammals, such as the wild Asian species Przewalski's horse or certain extinct forms related ancestrally to the modern horse.

Operate a pig within an oil or gas pipeline

A frame or device, usually with four legs, used for supporting or holding.

Any of various mammals of the family Suidae, having short legs, hooves with two weight-bearing toes, bristly hair, and a cartilaginous snout used for digging, including the domesticated hog (Sus scrofa subsp. domestica syn. S. domesticus) and wild species such as the bushpig.

(Sports) A vaulting horse.

A domesticated hog, especially when weighing less than 54 kilograms (120 pounds).

(Slang) Heroin.

The edible parts of one of these mammals.

Often horses Horsepower

(Informal) A person regarded as being piglike, greedy, or disgusting.

Mounted soldiers; cavalry

Derogatory Slang A police officer.

A block of rock interrupting a vein and containing no minerals.

(Slang) A member of the social or political establishment, especially one holding sexist or racist views.

A large block of displaced rock that is caught along a fault.

A crude block of metal, chiefly iron or lead, poured from a smelting furnace.

To provide with a horse.

A mold in which such metal is cast.

To haul or hoist energetically

Pig iron.

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

To give birth to pigs; farrow.

Of or relating to a horse

Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.

Mounted on horses

(specifically) A young swine, a piglet contrasted with a hog, an adult swine.

Drawn or operated by a horse.

(uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.

Larger or cruder than others in the same category

(uncountable) A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).

A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.

Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

Any member of the species Equus ferus, including the Przewalski's horse and the extinct Equus ferus ferus.

A lecherous or sexist man.

(zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.

A dirty or slovenly person.

Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).

(derogatory) A very obese person.

A component of certain games.

A police officer.

(slang) A large and sturdy person.

(informal) A difficult problem.

(historical) A timber frame shaped like a horse, which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

A block of cast metal.

Equipment with legs.

The mold in which a block of metal is cast.

In gymnastics, a piece of equipment with a body on two or four legs, approximately four feet high, sometimes (pommel horse) with two handles on top.

A lead container used for radioactive waste.

A frame with legs, used to support something.

(engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.

(nautical) Type of equipment.

The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.

A rope stretching along a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling the sails; footrope.

(uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.

A breastband for a leadsman.

A sixpence.

An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.

(Scottish) earthenware, or an earthenware shard

A jackstay.

An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer

(mining) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse (said of a vein) is to divide into branches for a distance.

(of swine) to give birth.

(US) An informal variant of basketball in which players match shots made by their opponent(s), each miss adding a letter to the word "horse", with 5 misses spelling the whole word and eliminating a player, until only the winner is left. Also HORSE, H-O-R-S-E or H.O.R.S.E. (see H-O-R-S-E).

(intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).

(uncountable) The flesh of a horse as an item of cuisine.

(intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

(prison slang) A prison guard who smuggles contraband in or out for prisoners.

(intransitive) To live together in a crowded filthy manner.

A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

To clean (a pipeline) using a pig the device.

Horseplay; tomfoolery.

A piggin.

(slang) Heroin drug.

The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

(intransitive) To frolic, to act mischievously. (Usually followed by "around".)

Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

(transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.

An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

(transitive) To provide with a horse; supply horses for.

One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

(obsolete) To get on horseback.

To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

(of a male horse) To copulate with (a mare).

Domestic swine

To take or carry on the back.

A coarse obnoxious person

To place (someone) on the back of another person, or on a wooden horse, chair, etc., to be flogged or punished.

A person regarded as greedy and pig-like

(by extension) To flog.

Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

(transitive) To pull, haul, or move (something) with great effort, like a horse would.

Mold consisting of a bed of sand in which pig iron is cast

(informal) To cram (food) quickly, indiscriminately or in great volume.

A crude block of metal (lead or iron) poured from a smelting furnace

To urge at work tyrannically.

Live like a pig, in squalor

To charge for work before it is finished.

Eat greedily;

A hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (Equus caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or chestnuts, on all its legs. The horse excels in strength, speed, docility, courage, and nobleness of character, and is used for drawing, carrying, bearing a rider, and like purposes.

Give birth;

The male of the genus Equus, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

Mounted soldiery; cavalry; - used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; - distinguished from foot.

A frame with legs, used to support something; as, a clotheshorse, a sawhorse, etc.

A frame of timber, shaped like a horse, on which soldiers were made to ride for punishment.

Anything, actual or figurative, on which one rides as on a horse; a hobby.

A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse - said of a vein - is to divide into branches for a distance.

A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination; - called also trot, pony, Dobbin.

Heroin.

Horsepower.

To provide with a horse, or with horses; to mount on, or as on, a horse.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

To mate with (a mare); - said of the male.

To take or carry on the back; as, the keeper, horsing a deer.

To place on the back of another, or on a wooden horse, etc., to be flogged; to subject to such punishment.

To get on horseback.

Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

Troops trained to fight on horseback;

A framework for holding wood that is being sawed

A chessman in the shape of a horse's head; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

Provide with a horse or horses