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		seszett on April 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Case Against Eating Fish > A lot of restaurants also sell ox or bison instead of beef. That's not really related to the article I guess, but I'm curious: What's the difference between "ox" and "beef"? I'm intrigued because in French, ox and beef are supposed to be the same thing (both bœuf), and I would probably have written "A lot of restaurants also sell cow or bison instead of beef" since bœuf is supposed to be castrated bull, while most often people actually get sold cow meat.

klodolph on April 2, 2017 | [–]

There's a saying that loanwords only change in two ways--meaning and pronunciation. In English, "beef" is meat from cattle.

undersuit on April 4, 2017 | [–]

There is no difference. Oxen are just cows that have been trained to pull a device like a hoe or a wagon.

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