donkey vs mule
donkey
Definitions
noun
- the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874
- domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass; patient but stubborn
Examples
He also looked on his donkey that brayed at his approach.
Then they recruited him (not their first choice, incidentally) to do the donkey work.
He appeared periodically in the villages with his eight donkeys, or neddies as he called them, with jingling bells on their headstalls and their burdens of two sacks of small coal on each.
mule
Definitions
noun
- a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
- hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
Examples
I have a lot of my father in me and I am as stubborn as a mule.
There were horse traders, mule teamsters, and frequent drovers of cattle.
a man with a mule got my car unstuck
