horse vs race horse

race horse vs horse

horse and race horse both are nouns.

horse is a verb but race horse is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
horse	Yes	No	Yes	No
race horse	Yes	No	No	No

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

horse: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
race horse: a horse bred for racing

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, racehorse, steeplechaser, stalking-horse, harness horse, workhorse, post-horse, post horse, poster, pacer, high stepper, stepper, chestnut, liver chestnut, bay, sorrel, palomino, pinto.

horse (noun)	race horse (noun)
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	a horse bred for racing
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)	race horse (verb)
provide with a horse or horses

Difference between horse and race horse

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