Donkey vs. Mule

Donkeynoun

a domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse

Donkeynoun

a stubborn person

Donkeynoun

a fool

Donkeynoun

(nautical) a small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine

Donkeynoun

(poker slang) a bad poker player

Donkeynoun

An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

Donkeynoun

A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.

Donkeynoun

the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

Donkeynoun

domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn

Donkey

The donkey or ass (Equus africanus asinus) is a domesticated member of the horse family, Equidae. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African wild ass, E. africanus.

Mulenoun

The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.

Mulenoun

The generally sterile hybrid offspring of any two species of animals.

Mulenoun

A hybrid plant.

Mulenoun

(informal) A stubborn person.

Mulenoun

(slang) A person paid to smuggle drugs.

Mulenoun

(numismatics) A coin or medal minted with obverse and reverse designs not normally seen on the same piece, either intentionally or in error.

Mulenoun

(RPG) A MMORPG character, or NPC companion in a tabletop RPG, used mainly to store extra inventory for the owner's primary character.

Mulenoun

Any of a group of cocktails involving ginger ale or ginger beer, citrus juice, and various liquors.

Mulenoun

A kind of cotton-spinning machine.

Mulenoun

A shoe that has no fitting or strap around the heel, but which covers the foot.

Muleverb

To smuggle (illegal drugs).

Mulenoun

A hybrid animal; specifically, one generated between an ass and a mare. Sometimes the term is applied to the offspring of a horse and a she-ass, but that hybrid is more properly termed a hinny. See Hinny.

Mulenoun

A plant or vegetable produced by impregnating the pistil of one species with the pollen or fecundating dust of another; - called also hybrid.

Mulenoun

A very stubborn person.

Mulenoun

A machine, used in factories, for spinning cotton, wool, etc., into yarn or thread and winding it into cops; - called also jenny and mule-jenny.

Mulenoun

A slipper that has no fitting around the heel.

Mulenoun

sterile offspring of a male donkey and a female horse

Mulenoun

a slipper that has no fitting around the heel

Mule

A mule is the offspring of a male donkey (jack) and a female horse (mare). Horses and donkeys are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes.