Horse vs. Colt — What's the Difference?

A large domesticated mammal known for its solid hooves and majestic build.

Typically not involved in breeding processes.

Can live outdoors with shelter and care.

Not yet fully developed in size and strength.

A vital component in many competitive sports including racing and show jumping.

Undergoing training for riding or other equine activities.

A symbol of strength and freedom in many cultures.

A young male horse, especially before it has reached the age of four.

Used for riding, carrying, or pulling loads.

Shows traits of youthful exuberance and curiosity.

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 type of revolver.

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.

A young male horse, especially an ungelded racehorse less than five years old, or a young male of another equine species.

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

A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

A unit of horsepower

A young male horse.

Heroin.

A young crane (bird).

An obstruction in a vein.

(figuratively) A youthful or inexperienced person; a novice.

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

A professional cricketer during his first season.

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.

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

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

(biblical) A young camel or donkey.

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

To horse; to get with young.

(Sports) A vaulting horse.

To befool.

(Slang) Heroin.

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

Often horses Horsepower

The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; - sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal.

Mounted soldiers; cavalry

A young, foolish fellow.

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

A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

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

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

To provide with a horse.

To horse; to get with young.

To haul or hoist energetically

To befool.

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

A young male horse under the age of four

Of or relating to a horse

A kind of revolver

Mounted on horses

Drawn or operated by a horse.

Larger or cruder than others in the same category

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

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

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

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

A component of certain games.

(slang) A large and sturdy person.

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

Equipment with legs.

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 frame with legs, used to support something.

(nautical) Type of equipment.

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

An iron bar for a sheet traveller to slide upon.

A jackstay.

(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.

(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).

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

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

A translation or other illegitimate aid in study or examination.

Horseplay; tomfoolery.

(slang) Heroin drug.

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

(transitive) To play mischievous pranks on.

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

(obsolete) To get on horseback.

To sit astride of; to bestride.

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

To take or carry on the back.

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

(by extension) To flog.

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

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

To urge at work tyrannically.

To charge for work before it is finished.

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.

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

Colts are generally younger, less muscular, and more energetic compared to young horses.

A colt is a male horse under four years old, not yet fully mature.

A colt becomes a horse when it reaches the age of four.

Colts are typically in training and not used for heavy work until they mature.

Yes, colts are always male; female young horses are called fillies.

Young horses are usually easier to train due to their maturity and prior training.

Colts need training, proper nutrition, and regular veterinary care to support their development.

Horses are commonly used for riding, agricultural work, and competitive sports.

A horse is a fully grown equine, used for various activities such as riding, pulling loads, and competitive sports.

Colts can participate in races designed for young horses.