Foal vs. Colt

Foal vs. Colt — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Foal and Colt

Foalnoun

A young horse or related animal, especially just after birth or less than a year old.

Coltnoun

A young male horse.

Foalnoun

A young boy who assisted the headsman by pushing or pulling the tub.

Coltnoun

A young crane (bird).

Foalverb

(ambitransitive) To give birth to (a foal); to bear offspring.

Coltnoun

A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

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Foalnoun

a young horse

Coltnoun

(nautical) A short piece of rope once used by petty officers as an instrument of punishment.

Foalverb

give birth to a foal;

the mare foaled

Coltnoun

(biblical) A young camel or donkey.

Coltverb

To horse; to get with young.

Coltverb

To befool.

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Coltverb

To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly.

Coltnoun

a young male horse under the age of four

Coltnoun

a kind of revolver