Horseback vs. Polo — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Horseback and Polo
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Definitions
Horseback
The back of a horse.
Polo
Polo is a horseback ball game, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal.
Horseback
A natural ridge; a hogback.
Polo
A game of Eastern origin resembling hockey, played on horseback with a long-handled mallet
He is teaching me to play polo
A polo match
Horseback
On the back of a horse
Rode horseback to town.
Horseback riding.
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Polo
A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
Horseback
, upon, etc.}} The back of a horse.
They came on horseback across the plains.
Polo
Water polo.
Horseback
(countable) A ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders.
Polo
A polo shirt.
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Horseback
On the back of a horse.
He rode horseback into town.
Polo
(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
Horseback
The back of a horse.
Polo
The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
Horseback
An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, in a half-stratified condition.
The long journey was to be performed on horseback.
Polo
(countable) A polo shirt.
Horseback
The back of a horse
Polo
A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
Horseback
A narrow ridge of hills
Polo
(Philippines) A dress shirt.
Horseback
On the back of a horse;
He rode horseback to town
Managed to escape ahorse
Policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback
Polo
Alternative case form of Polo
Polo
A game of ball of Eastern origin, resembling hockey, with the players on horseback.
Polo
A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
Polo
A game similar to hockey played by swimmers.
Polo
A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.
Polo
Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)
Polo
A game similar to field hockey but played on horseback using long-handled mallets and a wooden ball
