Cow vs. Man

By Muazma Batool — Published on February 6, 2023

Difference Between Cow and Man
Cow vs. Man Definitions
◉Cow
The mature female of certain other large animals, such as elephants, moose, or whales.

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◉Man
A human or an adult male human belonging to a specific occupation, group, nationality, or other category. Often used in combination
a milkman.
a congressman.
a freeman.

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◉Cow
An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
Cow milk is the most common form of milk in Europe.

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◉Man
A male human endowed with qualities, such as strength, considered characteristic of manhood.

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◉Cow
(formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.

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◉Cow
(uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
The only meat I eat is cow.

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◉Cow
(uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.

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◉Cow
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.

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◉Cow
A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.

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◉Cow
To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
Con artists are not cowed by the law.

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◉Man
(Informal) Used as a familiar form of address for a man
See here, my good man!.

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◉Man
(Games) Any of the pieces used in a board game, such as chess or checkers.

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◉Man
(Nautical) A ship. Often used in combination
a merchantman.
a man-of-war.

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◉Man
often Man(Slang) A person or group felt to be in a position of power or authority. Used with the
"Their writing mainly concerns the street life—the pimp, the junky, the forces of drug addiction, exploitation at the hands of 'the man'" (Black World).

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◉Cow
To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.
To vanquish a people already cowed.
THe French king was cowed.

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◉Cow
subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

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◉Man
An adult male human.
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men.

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◉Man
A human, a person regardless of gender, usually an adult. See usage notes.
every man for himself

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◉Man
(collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. Sometimes capitalized as Man.

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◉Man
A male person, usually an adult; a (generally adult male) sentient being, whether human, supernatural, elf, alien, etc.

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◉Man
An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch.

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◉Man
A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man.

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◉Man
A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. Used as the last element of a compound.
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew.

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◉Man
A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter.

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◉Man
A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc.

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◉Man
(sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact.

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◉Man
(transitive) To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex).
The ship was manned with a small crew.

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◉Man
(transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
Man the machine guns!

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◉Man
To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. Compare man up.

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◉Man
To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people.

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◉Man
A human being; - opposed to beast.
These men went about wide, and man found they none,But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one.
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to him as it doth to me.
'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast!

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◉Man
An adult male person; a grown-up male person, as distinguished from a woman or a child.
When I became a man, I put away childish things.
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man.

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◉Man
The human race; mankind.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion.
The proper study of mankind is man.

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◉Man
The male portion of the human race.
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.

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◉Man
One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the elementsSo mixed in him that Nature might stand upAnd say to all the world "This was a man!"

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◉Man
An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
Like master, like man.
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered, and holding up his hands between those of his lord, professed that he did become his man from that day forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.

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◉Man
A term of familiar address at one time implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the latter half of the 20th century it became used in a broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of address, but is not used in business or formal situations; as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.

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◉Man
A married man; a husband; - correlative to wife.
I pronounce that they are man and wife.
every wife ought to answer for her man.

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◉Man
One, or any one, indefinitely; - a modified survival of the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
A man can not make him laugh.
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum of a Roman ship.

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◉Man
One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or draughts, are played.

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◉Man
To supply with men; to furnish with a sufficient force or complement of men, as for management, service, defense, or the like; to guard; as, to man a ship, boat, or fort.
See how the surly Warwick mans the wall !
They man their boats, and all their young men arm.

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◉Man
To furnish with strength for action; to prepare for efficiency; to fortify.

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◉Man
an adult male person (as opposed to a woman);
there were two women and six men on the bus

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◉Man
someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force;
two men stood sentry duty

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◉Man
the generic use of the word to refer to any human being;
it was every man for himself

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◉Man
all of the inhabitants of the earth;
all the world loves a lover
she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women

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◉Man
a male subordinate;
the chief stationed two men outside the building
he awaited word from his man in Havana

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◉Man
an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent);
the army will make a man of you

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◉Man
a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman;
she takes good care of her man

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◉Man
a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer;
Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man

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◉Man
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games;
he taught me to set up the men on the chess board
he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage

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◉Man
take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning

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