Mule vs. Reverse — What's the Difference?

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes.

Turned backward in position, direction, or order

The sterile hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse, characterized by long ears and a short mane.

Moving, acting, or organized in a manner contrary to the usual

A sterile hybrid, as between a canary and other birds or between certain plants.

Causing backward movement

(Informal) A stubborn person.

(Printing) Printed in such a way that the normally colored part appears white against a colored or black background.

A spinning machine that makes thread or yarn from fibers. Also called spinning mule.

The opposite or contrary

A small, usually electric tractor or locomotive used for hauling over short distances.

The back or rear part

(Slang) A person who serves as a courier of illegal drugs.

The side of a coin or medal that does not carry the principal design; the verso.

A backless slipper or shoe, often with a closed toe.

A change to an opposite position, condition, or direction.

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

A change in fortune from better to worse; a setback

The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.

A mechanism, such as a gear in a motor vehicle, that is used to reverse movement.

A hybrid plant.

The position or operating condition of such a mechanism.

(informal) A stubborn person.

Movement in an opposite direction.

(slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.

(Football) An offensive play in which a ball carrier running in one direction executes a handoff to a player running in the opposite direction.

A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

To turn around to the opposite direction

(RPG) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.

To turn inside out or upside down

Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.

To exchange the positions of; transpose

(sailing) A kind of triangular sail for a yacht.

(Law) To change or set aside (a lower court's decision).

A kind of cotton-spinning machine.

To cause to adopt a contrary viewpoint

A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

To change to the opposite

To smuggle (illegal drugs).

To cause (an engine or mechanism) to function in reverse.

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid is more properly termed a hinny. See Hinny.

To direct that (a charge) apply to the person receiving instead of making a telephone call.

A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; - called also hybrid.

To turn or move in the opposite direction.

A very stubborn person.

To reverse the action of an engine.

A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; - called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.

A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.

Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.

Sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

A slipper that has no fitting around the heel

Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

(botany) Reversed.

(genetics) In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.

In a reverse way or direction; in reverse; upside-down.

The opposite of something.

The act of going backwards; a reversal.

A piece of misfortune; a setback.

The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.

The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.

The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.

A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

(surgery) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

(transitive) To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.

(transitive) To turn something inside out or upside down.

(transitive) To transpose the positions of two things.

(transitive) To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

To return, come back.

To turn away; to cause to depart.

To cause to return; to recall.

(legal) To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.

To cause a mechanism to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal; to drive a vehicle in the direction the driver has the back.

(chemistry) To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.

To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.

To move from the normal position to the reverse position.

To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).

To overthrow; to subvert.

(computing) reverse-engineer

Turned backward; having a contrary or opposite direction; hence; opposite or contrary in kind; as, the reverse order or method.

Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.

Reversed; as, a reverse shell.

That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction.

That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else; a contrary; an opposite.

The act of reversing; complete change; reversal; hence, total change in circumstances or character; especially, a change from better to worse; misfortune; a check or defeat; as, the enemy met with a reverse.

The back side; as, the reverse of a drum or trench; the reverse of a medal or coin, that is, the side opposite to the obverse. See Obverse.

A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.

A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.

To turn back; to cause to face in a contrary direction; to cause to depart.

To cause to return; to recall.

To change totally; to alter to the opposite.

To turn upside down; to invert.

Hence, to overthrow; to subvert.

To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree.

To return; to revert.

To become or be reversed.

A relation of direct opposition;

The gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed

An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design

(American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction

Turning in the opposite direction

Change to the contrary;

Turn inside out or upside down

Rule against;

Annul by recalling or rescinding;

Directed or moving toward the rear;

Reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect

Of the transmission gear causing backward movement in a motor vehicle;