What is the difference between antlers and horns?

Answer 1

Antlers are branching bony appendages that are shed annually. All male cervids , like moose, deer and elk have antlers. Only caribou and reindeer have females with antlers, though much smaller than their male counterparts. When they grow, they are covered in a thin fuzzy skin covering called "velvet" which contains blood supply to help the antlers grow. This skin covering is shed before rutting season.

Horns are a pointed projection of skin and hair of an animal, consisting of a layer of keratin surrounding a living bone core. Animals that have horns include all those in the family Bovidae (bovines, sheep, goats and antelope). Horns usually have a spiral or curved shape, with ridges or fluting. Horns begin growth soon after birth, and continue growth until the animal dies. They never fall off every year, except in pronghorns, where they shed the outer shell every year, but retain the inner bony core. Only the males of most species of Bovidae have horns, except those of the bovine genus including bison, buffalo, gnu and domestic cattle.

Answer 2

I think it's that horns are shorter and antlers are longer.

Negative...

An antler is a bone-like material that grows, dies, then falls off every year. When it is growing it has a blood supply and is covered in 'velvet' (a fuzzy covering).

A horn is a permanent fixture on the animal. It sometimes has a bone inside a portion of it but the outer covering is continually growing and is made up of the same type of stuff as fingernails and hair.

If you break an antler when it's growing it willl bleed. If you break an antler after it has died it will be like a bone. If you break a horn it is like a covering on top of a bone.

Antler = Deer, elk Horn = Pronghorn, Bighorn sheep, goats

Answer 3

Antlers are seasonal meaning they grow new every year.

Horns are permanent and wont grow back if lost.