What is the difference between a mustang and a bronco?

Answer 1

A mustang is a hardy, free-roaming horse of the North American west, descended primarily from horses brought to the Americas by the Spanish conquistadors. Because of the image of the wild horse of the west as possessing hardiness, grace, speed, and independence, the name "Mustang" is popular for high-performance products and for sports mascots.

A bronco, or bronc is an untamed horse.

The term comes from the Spanish language word bronco, meaning "rough", which in Mexican usage also describes a horse [1]. It was then borrowed and adapted in USA cowboy lingo, sometimes spelled "broncho". Many other instances of cowboy jargon were similarly borrowed from Mexican cowboys, including words such lariat and buckaroo, which are in turn corruptions of the Spanish la riata and vaquero.

Answer 2

Speaking about horses the difference would be:
Bronco is a wild untamed horse whose ancestors have never undergone domestication.
While Mustang is a feral or hardy, free-roaming horse who had escaped and formed feral herds or those horses who has domesticated ancestors but were born and live in the wild. Domesticated horses have 64 chromosomes while the wild horse has 66 chromosomes.

Bronco is famous in rodeo sport while mustang is popularly known in sport mascot.

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Bronco used the body and neck from the Mustang, but had only one pickup and a different tremolo arm mechanism. Unlike the other Mustang variants, it was offered only with a 24" scale length.The Mustang and Bronco look almost the same while differ in the following aspects:

Controls: Mustang has two 3-way pick-up selectors while none in Bronco.
Tuners:Mustang has Nickel tuners while Bronco haschrome.
Fingerboard: Mustang fingerwood has Brazilian rosewood while Bronco got Indian rosewood.
Finish: Mustang has Dakota Red with nitrocellulose lacquer finish while Bronco has a finish of Fiesta Red with polyester lacquer.
Body: Mustang has 2-piece alder while bronco has one.

Answer 3

Mustang; a small, hardy horse of the American plains, descended from Spanish stock. Bronco; a range pony or mustang of the western U.S., esp. one that is not broken or is imperfectly broken. an unbroken or imperfectly broken mustang.

Answer 4

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