Picador vs. Matador: What's the Difference?

A horseman in a bullfight who lances the bull's neck muscles so that it will tend to keep its head low for the later stages of the fight.

A bullfighter who performs the final passes and kills the bull.

(bullfighting) A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.

(Games) One of the highest trumps in certain card games.

A horseman armed with a lance, who in a bullfight receives the first attack of the bull, and excites him by picking him without attempting to kill him.

(bullfighting) The person whose aim is to kill the bull in a bullfight.

The horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low

(uncountable) A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.

(card games) The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, in the game of skat.

(card games) One of the three chief cards in ombre and quadrille.

The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador.

In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one.

The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries.

A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way.

The principal bullfighter who is appointed to make the final passes and kill the bull