oxen vs beef cattle

beef cattle vs oxen

oxen and beef cattle both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of oxen 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.

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

Difference between oxen and beef cattle

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