Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horse of a different color

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
horse of a d-if-fer-en-t -col-or
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.

American usage

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

horse of a different colour (alternative, UK)

Phrases

different breed of cat tiger of a different stripe

Frequently Paired Words

different breed of cat tiger of a different stripe

Questions

What does horse of a different color mean?
An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.

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