Main Difference
The main difference between Bull and Ox is that the Bull is a male individual of cattle and Ox is a common bovine draft animal.
Bull
A bull is an intact (i.e., not castrated) adult male of the species Bos taurus (cattle). More muscular and aggressive than the female of the species, the cow, the bull has long been an important symbol in many cultures, and plays a significant role in both beef ranching and dairy farming, and in a variety of other cultural activities.
Ox
An ox (plural oxen), also known as a bullock in Australia and India, is a bovine trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly castrated adult male cattle; castration makes the animals easier to control. Cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some areas.
Oxen are used for plowing, for transport (pulling carts, hauling wagons and even riding), for threshing grain by trampling, and for powering machines that grind grain or supply irrigation among other purposes. Oxen may be also used to skid logs in forests, particularly in low-impact, select-cut logging.
Oxen are usually yoked in pairs. Light work such as carting household items on good roads might require just one pair, while for heavier work, further pairs would be added as necessary. A team used for a heavy load over difficult ground might exceed nine or ten pairs.
Bull (noun)
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
Bull (noun)
A male of domesticated cattle or oxen of any age.
Bull (noun)
An adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals.
Bull (noun)
A large, strong man.
Bull (noun)
An investor who buys (commodities or securities) in anticipation of a rise in prices.
Bull (noun)
A policeman.
Bull (noun)
Specifically, one that is uncastrated.
Bull (noun)
A crown coin; its value, {{5 shillings.}}
Bull (noun)
clipping of bullseye
Bull (noun)
Specifically, a policeman employed in a railroad yard.
Bull (noun)
A man.
Bull (noun)
clipping of bullshit.
Bull (noun)
A man who has sex with another man’s wife or girlfriend with the consent of both.
Bull (noun)
A drink made by pouring water into a cask that previously held liquor.
Bull (noun)
A papal bull, an official document or edict from the Pope.
Bull (noun)
A seal affixed to a document, especially a document from the Pope.
Bull (noun)
A lie.
Bull (noun)
Nonsense.
Bull (noun)
a bubble
Bull (adjective)
Large and strong, like a bull.
Bull (adjective)
adult male
“a bull elephant”
Bull (adjective)
Of a market in which prices are rising (compare bear)
Bull (adjective)
stupid
Bull (verb)
To force oneself (in a particular direction).
“He bulled his way in.”
Bull (verb)
To lie, to tell untruths.
Bull (verb)
To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do.
Bull (verb)
To polish boots to a high shine.
Bull (verb)
To endeavour to raise the market price of.
“to bull railroad bonds”
Bull (verb)
To endeavour to raise prices in.
“to bull the market”
Bull (verb)
to publish in a Papal bull
Bull (verb)
to mock, cheat
Ox (noun)
An B. taurus).
Ox (noun)
Any bovine animal (genus Bos). A neat, a beef.
Bull (noun)
an uncastrated male bovine animal
“bull calves”
Bull (noun)
a large male animal, especially a whale or elephant.
Bull (noun)
the zodiacal sign or constellation Taurus.
Bull (noun)
a bullseye
“aim for the bull!”
Bull (noun)
a person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a higher price later.
Bull (noun)
a papal edict
“the Pope issued a bull of excommunication”
Bull (noun)
stupid or untrue talk or writing; nonsense
“much of what he says is sheer bull”
Bull (verb)
push or move powerfully or violently
“he bulled the motor cycle clear of the tunnel”
Bull (verb)
(of a cow) behave in a manner characteristic of being on heat.
Ox (noun)
a domesticated bovine animal kept for milk or meat; a cow or bull
“he was tall and broad and as strong as an ox”
Ox (noun)
a castrated bull used as a draught animal
“an ox cart”
Ox (noun)
used in names of wild animals related to or resembling a domesticated ox, e.g. musk ox.