Difference : manure, dropping, dung (2025)

Hello, folks.

How can I describe a small ball of dropping of goat?

May I say " one manure/dropping/dung of a goat, for instance?

ayed said:

May I say " one manure/dropping/dung of a goat, for instance?

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No - manure and dung are uncountable, and dropping is not much used in the singular.
Do you intend to connote agricultural fertilizer?

http://barfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/goat.poop_.oct_.14.jpg

One of the above in the photo
Suppose that I went to the desert and I came across three of pieces/seed of goat droppings

velisarius said:

And the sentence you want to use is...? It really does help if we know why you want to say this, and to whom - this is part of the context of your question.

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Once upon a time, I went into the desert. I came across one drop of manure or one dung of goat..
Please,see the photo ( only one of the droppings)
http://barfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/goat.poop_.oct_.14.jpg

Thanks for all

stez said:

Natural scientists refer to 'pellets of dung' in this context, ayed.

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Stez,
Can I say one pellet of a goat droppings?

ayed said:

Thanks for all

Stez,
Can I say one pellet of a goat droppings?

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You may want to ask the farmers about this. There are some websites on the Internet where you can sign up and ask. You can also restrict your Google search to one of them. That is what I'd do if I were you. Good luck.

I don't see the problem. We have context in post #6.

Once upon a time, I went into the desert. I came across one goat dropping. This was a surprise, as there were no goats.

Now,push the topic aside, if we have a bunch of grapes,how would we single out one if those small balls?
The same idea might be applicable to the main topic..

Thanks in advance

velisarius said:

I saw one pellet of goat's dung. (if you want to emphasise the fact that there is only one of them.)
I saw a pellet of goat's dung.

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Thank you very much
This is what I am after.
*big*sigh

How many ordinary people go about talking of "pellets of goat's dung"? They're called "droppings" in everyday BE. Would anybody here really say "I saw one pellet of goat's dung."?

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We still don't have a realistic sentence and background from ayed. Does he really go into the desert and see a single goat dropping (or goat's dropping, or goat-dropping for Myridon), and then need to say so?

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Hi,

Is there any specific English word for these round-shaped balls (Goat's bm/stool)

See this picture:
http://barfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/goat.poop_.oct_.14.jpg

Thank you so much.

suzi br said:

Do you have a context you want to use this in?

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I'm sorry, but I don't have a context.

'droppings' or 'pellets'

pellets

the solid waste of particular animals

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(Cambridge ALD)

When I read the thread title, I thought it'd be about a very large mushroom.

Coincidentally, both this thread and the earlier one referred to in #4 have goat the same photograph.

If these droppings/pellets are in the from of a bunch, will it be correct to say?
"A ball of pellets" or "A bunch of pellets"

Look at this picture:
http://exploreolympics.com/reports/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/shp5.jpg

shop-englishx said:

If these droppings/pellets are in the from of a bunch, will it be correct to say?
"A ball of pellets" or "A bunch of pellets"

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Those are too big to be "pellets".

It looks more like a pile/heap of dung to me.

PS: We don't in BE say "a bunch" of something unless that's the way it grows - a bunch of grapes/bananas/flowers etc.