cows vs beef cattle

beef cattle vs cows

cows and beef cattle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cows	Yes	No	No	No
beef cattle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, beef cattle is a hyponym of cows; that is, beef cattle is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cows:

cows: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
beef cattle: cattle that are reared for their meat

Other hyponyms of cows include ox, stirk, bullock, steer, bull, cow, moo-cow, beef, Welsh, Welsh Black, red poll, Africander, dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, Devon, grade.

cows (noun)	beef cattle (noun)
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age	cattle that are reared for their meat

Difference between cows and beef cattle

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