horse cavalry vs horse

horse cavalry and horse both are nouns.

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

As nouns, horse cavalry and horse are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of horse cavalry include cavalry.

horse cavalry (noun)	horse (noun)
an army unit mounted on horseback	solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
troops trained to fight on horseback	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 cavalry (verb)	horse (verb)
	provide with a horse or horses