European bison vs buffalo

European bison

• The wisent, species Bison bonasus, Europe's heaviest land animal. 

buffalo

• A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison. 

• The buffalo fish (Ictiobus spp.). 

• Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo Bubalus bubalis. 

• A nickel. 

• To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate. 

• To hunt buffalo.