Equus caballus vs stalking-horse

stalking-horse vs Equus caballus

Equus caballus and stalking-horse both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Equus caballus	Yes	No	No	No
stalking-horse	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, stalking-horse is a hyponym of Equus caballus; that is, stalking-horse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Equus caballus:

Equus caballus: solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
stalking-horse: a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game

Other hyponyms of Equus caballus include roan, stable companion, stablemate, gee-gee, dawn horse, eohippus, mesohippus, protohippus, male horse, female horse, mare, mount, riding horse, saddle horse, pony, polo pony, wild horse, hack, hack, jade, nag, plug, pony, bangtail, race horse, racehorse, steeplechaser, harness horse, workhorse, post-horse, post horse, poster, pacer, high stepper, stepper, chestnut, liver chestnut, bay, sorrel, palomino, pinto.

Equus caballus (noun)	stalking-horse (noun)
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times	a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
	screen consisting of a figure of a horse behind which a hunter hides while stalking game
	something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
	a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate

Difference between Equus caballus and stalking-horse

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