cattle vs oxen

cattle and oxen both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cattle	Yes	No	No	No
oxen	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cattle and oxen are synonyms defined as:

cattle and oxen: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age

Other synonyms of cattle include Bos taurus, cows, kine.

cattle (noun)	oxen (noun)
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age	domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age