Horse vs. Hoarse — What's the Difference?

A unit of horsepower, often used to measure the power of engines.

Having a rough and harsh-sounding voice typically due to irritation or infection of the airways.

In a broader sense, any of several animals related to the domestic horse.

Used to describe an audio quality that is gruff and gravelly.

A large plant-eating domesticated mammal with solid hooves and a flowing mane and tail, used for riding, racing, and to carry and pull loads.

A descriptor for sounds resembling roughness or harshness in voice.

Slang for heroin.

Characterized by a weak or strained voice as from shouting or coughing.

A frame or structure on which something is mounted or supported.

Referring to a condition where speaking is uncomfortable and sound may be altered.

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.

(of a person's voice) sounding rough and harsh, typically as the result of a sore throat or of shouting

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.

Rough or grating in sound

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

Having or characterized by a husky, grating voice

A unit of horsepower

Having a dry, harsh tone to the voice, as a result of a sore throat, age, emotion, etc.

Heroin.

(uncommon) To utter hoarsely; to croak.

An obstruction in a vein.

Having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound; as, the hoarse raven.

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

Harsh; grating; discordant; - said of any sound.

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.

Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion;

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

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

(Sports) A vaulting horse.

(Slang) Heroin.

Often horses Horsepower

Mounted soldiers; cavalry

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

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

To provide with a horse.

To haul or hoist energetically

To be in heat. Used of a mare.

Of or relating to a horse

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

Horses are commonly used for riding, racing, work, and therapy.

Hoarseness often occurs due to overuse of the vocal cords, infections, or conditions like allergies or reflux.

Care includes feeding, grooming, exercising, and regular veterinary check-ups.

Equestrian sports include horse racing, polo, and show jumping.

Persistent hoarseness can be a sign of serious conditions like vocal cord lesions or throat cancer.

Resting the voice, hydrating, and in some cases, medications are common treatments.

They should consult a healthcare professional as it might indicate a more serious issue.

The life expectancy ranges from 25 to 30 years, depending on the breed and care.

Yes, there are many breeds, including Arabians, Thoroughbreds, and Clydesdales, each with unique characteristics.

No, it can also result from excessive talking, yelling, or singing.

It typically resolves within a few days to two weeks, depending on the cause.

Yes, horses can adapt to a variety of climates from cold to tropical.

Famous races include the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.

Yes, children can become hoarse from shouting, crying, or respiratory infections.

Horses are used in therapeutic riding programs to help improve the emotional and physical well-being of individuals.