Difference between Caribou and Deer

What is the difference between Caribou and Deer?

Caribou as a noun is any of several north american subspecies of the reindeer, rangifer tarandus. while Deer as a noun is a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order artiodactyla

Caribou

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of several North American subspecies of the reindeer, Rangifer tarandus.

Deer

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a ruminant mammal with antlers and hooves of the family Cervidae or one of several similar animals from related families of the order ArtiodactylaThe meat of such an animalAny animal, especially a mammal.

Example sentence: 'Deer Hunter' is a movie; it is not an attempt to write history.

We hope you now know whether to use Caribou or Deer in your sentence.

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