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horse cart vs cart

The phrases 'horse cart' and 'cart' are comparable, but 'horse cart' is more specific than 'cart'. 'Horse cart' refers to a cart that is pulled by a horse, while 'cart' can refer to any type of cart or trolley.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 594 views

horse cart

The phrase 'horse cart' is correct and commonly used to refer to a cart that is pulled by a horse.

Use 'horse cart' when you want to specifically mention a cart that is pulled by a horse. It provides a clear image of a traditional mode of transportation.

Examples:

The farmer loaded the hay onto the horse cart.
The children enjoyed a ride in the horse cart around the village.
In the olden days, people used horse carts for transportation.
The horse cart rattled down the dirt road.
The horse cart driver skillfully navigated through the crowded market.

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But look at the horse-cart man and Kiichan's father.
Before the canals were invented in Britain before the Industrial Revolution, goods used to go on horse carts.
Is it true that the State would abolish the horse carts?
So should they have continued to carry the goods on the horse carts, on the ground, that they would eventually get there?
You must give up that horse and cart.
25 quid to hire the horse and cart.
Then the ECJ drove a horse and cart through minimum-wage policies.
You're still using a horse and cart, for God's sakes.
The horse and cart will make it easy for the cops to find us.
It would be quicker to get their men to the front in horse and cart.
You owe me 25 quid for the hire of the horse and cart.
They won't let me in scrapyard with horse and cart.
None of us would want, in this day and age, to still be travelling around by horse and cart.
The horse of that cart died.
Mr President, in terms of effective organization, the European Community's efforts to combat organized subsidy fraud is roughly equivalent to Michael Schumacher trying to win a Formula I race in a horse-drawn cart.
He's a good horse for a cart... if you had one.
Horse before the cart, Ridley.
Race horse for a manure cart.
And if that horse and cart fall down Mummy!
While the UK has obeyed EU law to the letter, other countries are running a cart and horse through the rule book.

Alternatives:

horse-drawn cart
horse-drawn carriage
horse-drawn wagon
horse-drawn vehicle
horse-drawn buggy

cart

The word 'cart' is correct and commonly used to refer to a vehicle with two wheels that is used for transporting goods.

Use 'cart' when referring to any type of cart or trolley, regardless of whether it is pulled by a horse or not.

Examples:

The supermarket employee pushed a cart filled with groceries.
She wheeled the cart down the aisle to pick up some items.
The cart was loaded with tools for the construction project.
The street vendor pushed his cart along the sidewalk.
The children played with a small cart in the park.

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The shopping cart was invented in Oklahoma City.
I was just admiring your cart.
In time to see you vault that cart... Gutsy move.
They wheeled him in on a cart alive.
Get up, I need the cart.
Watch the cart. I'm taking off.
This tea cart's pretty charming.
Now I'm trapped under the cart, Lafitte.
My cart... it were thieved, two nights back.
Stowed aboard a cart of some kind, sir.
His cart can cary 40 hundredweights.
It's an ice cream cart.
Yes, Brother, this cart is very old.
Sorry I crashed the cart, guys.
You must give up that horse and cart.
Just a book from your cart.
I'll stake my cart and donkey.
Go back and get another cart.
It was lodged into a crevice in the anesthesia cart.
There's years of flavor on this shopping cart.

Alternatives:

trolley
wagon
buggy
carriage
handcart

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