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Zebra vs. Horse

The main difference between Zebra and Horse is that Zebra has a black and white striped coat, whereas Horse has one- color coat.

Key Differences

Zebra has its tail hair starting from the distal end of the tail. On the contrary, the tail hair of the horse starts from the base of the tail.
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Zebras have black muzzle always, whereas horses may have a black, brown, or pink muzzle.
Zebra does not have spots or blotches on its skin. Conversely, horses have their skin mostly covered by spots and blotches of different sizes and colors.
Zebras are aggressive and ill-tempered. On the contrary, horses are tame animals having a perfect temperament.
Zebra’s back is flat, so riding on zebra is not favored. Conversely, the horse’s back is curved in a way saddle can be fitted quickly, so riding on a horse is favored a lot.
Zebra’s diet is mainly grass, whereas horses can eat grass as well as bushes and shrubs.
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Zebras produce barking sound beside whining, snorting, and snuffling. In contrast, horses just whine, snort, and snuffle.
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Zebras have a black and white coat only. On the other hand, horses are always one-color coated, which may be a black, brown, white, grey, or multi-colored coat.
Zebra has larger and more round ears, whereas horse has smaller and less round ears as compared to zebra.
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Zebra has a short and stiff mane, while the horse has long a long flowing mane.
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The maximum speed of zebra is 40 miles per hour, whereas the maximum speed of the horse is 54.7 miles per hour.
The legs of zebra are shorter than their body height. In contrast, the legs of zebra are longer than their body height.
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Zebras cannot be domesticated. Conversely, the domestication of horses started about 4000 years ago and is much easier.

Comparison Chart

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An animal that belongs to the family of horses and is scientifically known as Equidae is called zebra.
The oldest member of the family of Equidae is called a horse.

Appearance

Black and white strips all over the body
One-color coat

Body

Legs length equal to its body height
Legs longer than its body height

Speed

Fast
Faster
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Mane

Stiff, short, and upstanding
Long and flowing
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Hooves

Harder
Hard
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Sound

Whinny, bray, snort, snuffle, bark
Whinny, bray, snort, snuffle
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Height

1.2 to 1.5 meters
1.8 meters
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Tail Hair

Originate from distal half of the tail
Originate from the base of the tail

Color of Muzzle

Always black
Pink, brown, or black

Domestication

Difficult
Easier
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Diet

Grass, brush, shrubs
Grass

Back Shape

Flat
Curved
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Temperament

Aggressive and ill-tempered
Tame

Zebra and Horse Definitions

Zebra

Any of several swift African mammals of the genus Equus, resembling the horse and having distinctive overall markings of alternating white and black or brown stripes.

Horse

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.

Zebra

Any of various striped organisms, such as a zebrafish.

Horse

An adult male horse; a stallion.

Zebra

A referee in football.

Horse

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

Zebra

Any of three species of subgenus Hippotigris: E. grevyi, E. quagga, or E. zebra, all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.

Horse

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

Zebra

A referee.

Horse

(Sports) A vaulting horse.

Zebra

An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras".)

Horse

(Slang) Heroin.

Zebra

A biracial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.

Horse

Often horses Horsepower
A muscle car with 400 horses under the hood.

Zebra

(informal) A fish, the zebra cichlid.

Horse

Mounted soldiers; cavalry
A squadron of horse.

Zebra

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the subgenus Paranticopsis of the genus Graphium, having black and white markings.

Horse

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

Zebra

A zebra crossing.

Horse

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

Zebra

Any member of three species of African wild horses remarkable for having the body white or yellowish white, and conspicuously marked with dark brown or brackish bands.

Horse

To provide with a horse.

Zebra

Any of several fleet black-and-white striped African equines

Horse

To haul or hoist energetically
"Things had changed little since the days of the pyramids, with building materials being horsed into place by muscle power" (Henry Allen).

Horse

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

Horse

Of or relating to a horse
A horse blanket.

Horse

Mounted on horses
Horse guards.

Horse

Drawn or operated by a horse.

Horse

Larger or cruder than others in the same category
Horse pills.

Horse

A hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work.
A cowboy's greatest friend is his horse.

Horse

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

Horse

(zoology) Any current or extinct animal of the family Equidae, including zebras and asses.
These bone features, distinctive in the zebra, are actually present in all horses.

Horse

Cavalry soldiers (sometimes capitalized when referring to an official category).
We should place two units of horse and one of foot on this side of the field.
All the King's horses and all the King's men, couldn't put Humpty together again.

Horse

A component of certain games.

Horse

(slang) A large and sturdy person.
Every linebacker they have is a real horse.

Horse

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

Horse

Equipment with legs.

Horse

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.
She's scored very highly with the parallel bars; let's see how she does with the horse.

Horse

A frame with legs, used to support something.
A clothes horse; a sawhorse

Horse

(nautical) Type of equipment.

Horse

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

Horse

A breastband for a leadsman.

Horse

An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.

Horse

A jackstay.

Horse

(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.

Horse

(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).

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

Horse

Horseplay; tomfoolery.

Horse

(slang) Heroin drug.

Horse

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

Horse

(transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.

Horse

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

Horse

(obsolete) To get on horseback.

Horse

To sit astride of; to bestride.

Horse

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

Horse

To take or carry on the back.

Horse

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

Horse

(by extension) To flog.

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

To urge at work tyrannically.

Horse

To charge for work before it is finished.

Horse

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.

Horse

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

Horse

Mounted soldiery; cavalry; - used without the plural termination; as, a regiment of horse; - distinguished from foot.
The armies were appointed, consisting of twenty-five thousand horse and foot.

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

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.

Horse

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

Horse

Heroin.

Horse

Horsepower.

Horse

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

Horse

To sit astride of; to bestride.

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

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

Horse

To get on horseback.

Horse

Solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

Horse

A padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

Horse

Troops trained to fight on horseback;
500 horse led the attack

Horse

A framework for holding wood that is being sawed

Horse

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

Horse

Provide with a horse or horses

Zebra vs. Horse

Zebras are smaller mammals, whereas horses are bigger than zebras. Zebra tends to range from 10 to 13 hands high in height. On the other hand, a horse typically ranges from 15 to 17 hands high in height. The average weight of a zebra is about 550 to 990 pounds. Conversely, the average weight of a horse is about 900 to 1100 pounds.

Zebras are domesticated or tamed with much difficulty. On the flip side, horses can be tamed comparatively easier. Zebras can be ridden, but are not advised to be ridden as they have flatbacks. Conversely, horses can be ridden easily with their curved backs.

Zebras can carry only a small rider, whereas horses can carry a rider of any size. Zebras have an unhealthy temperament, which makes them unpredictable. Conversely, horses have a healthy temperament, and they are predictable as well. Zebras do not do what they are told, but horses might do what they are ordered.

Zebras show their striping almost all the time, whereas horses show their primitive strips on their upper legs. Zebras have hairs only at the ends of their tails, where the majority of the tail is being covered in a striped hair coat. In contrast, horses have their tails fully covered in hair.

The mane of zebras is stiff and much shorter. On the contrary, the mane of the horse is longer and less stiff. Zebra’s mane stands upright on the neck, whereas the mane of horses layover on the neck.

What is Zebra?

Zebra belongs to the family of equines. The most distinguishing feature of zebra is its appearance. Zebra is entirely stripped by black and white bands. These strips vary differently in size and shape.

The eyes of zebras are located on the sides of the head. Therefore, they can have a broad view of the surroundings at any time. Moreover, the eyesight of zebras is also very marvelous. Despite eyesight, they are also blessed with the best hearing abilities.

The width of the shoulders of zebras lies between 47-51 inches. Zebras have a black muzzle and black and white coat. The body of zebra is about 6.6 to 8 feet in length. The weight of an average zebra is about 350 kg, which is 770 lbs.

Zebra has a stockier and shorter body as compared to horses. Its body shape resembles the body shape of a donkey. Zebra has ears that are more round as compared to the horse’s ears. The tail of a zebra is more solid and tuft-like. Its tail hair starts from the distal end of the tail.

A zebra has legs, which are nearly equal to its body size. Due to the short length of its legs, zebra’s speed is less than horses but is potent enough to quickly escape from the predators by running in a zig-zag manner, i.e., a maximum speed of a zebra is 40 miles per hour. A zebra has small and more oval hooves that are much harder than a horse’s hooves.

What is Horse?

Horses are referred to as the oldest creatures. They are thought to be evolved about 45 to 55 million years ago. Horses are also the member of family Equidae just like zebras. The most distinguishing feature of horses is their speed and strength.

Horses have long legs as compared to their body height. This property makes them faster as compared to zebras. Horses are used for riding purposes as well as gambling in horse races. They are also used to carry loads and human beings from one place to another.

Horses respond very quickly and are overwhelmingly swift. These abilities make them run faster and escape from the very eyes of the predator, i.e., the maximum speed of an average horse is 54.7 miles per hour.

One of the captivating ability of horses is that they are capable of sleeping in standing as well as lying position. Horses have different types. They are categorized as hot blood, cold blood, and warmblood horses. The first category of Hot blood horses includes horses with high speed and endurance.

The second category of cold blood horses includes horses having slow speed but capable enough to carry the heavy loads. The third category of warmblood horses includes horses that are a mixture of both hot and cold blood horses. These horses have abilities of both hot blood and cold blood horses in them.

Domestication of horses was initiated about 4000 years ago in South-East Europe. Horses are tame animals having a good temperament.

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