Felis silvestris vs wildcat

wildcat vs Felis silvestris

Felis silvestris and wildcat both are nouns.

Felis silvestris is not an adjective while wildcat is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Felis silvestris	Yes	No	No	No
wildcat	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Felis silvestris: 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

Felis silvestris (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

Felis silvestris (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 Felis silvestris and wildcat

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