horse vs post-horse

post-horse vs horse

horse and post-horse both are nouns.

horse is a verb but post-horse is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horse	Yes	No	Yes	No
post-horse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, post-horse is a hyponym of horse; that is, post-horse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than horse:

horse: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
post-horse: a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers

Other hyponyms of horse include roan, stable companion, stablemate, gee-gee, dawn horse, eohippus, mesohippus, protohippus, male horse, female horse, mare, mount, riding horse, saddle horse, pony, polo pony, wild horse, hack, hack, jade, nag, plug, pony, bangtail, race horse, racehorse, steeplechaser, stalking-horse, harness horse, workhorse, post horse, poster, pacer, high stepper, stepper, chestnut, liver chestnut, bay, sorrel, palomino, pinto.

horse (noun)	post-horse (noun)
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
troops trained to fight on horseback

horse (verb)	post-horse (verb)
provide with a horse or horses

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