European wildcat vs wildcat

wildcat vs European wildcat

European wildcat and wildcat both are nouns.

European wildcat is not an adjective while wildcat is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
European wildcat	Yes	No	No	No
wildcat	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, wildcat is a hypernym of European wildcat; that is, wildcat is a word with a broader meaning than European wildcat:

European wildcat: bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat
wildcat: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

European wildcat (noun)	wildcat (noun)
bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic cat and is regarded as the ancestor of the domestic cat	any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
	an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
	a cruelly rapacious person

European wildcat (adjective)	wildcat (adjective)
	(of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive
	without official authorization
	outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices

Difference between European wildcat and wildcat

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