Felis tigrina vs wildcat

wildcat vs Felis tigrina

Felis tigrina and wildcat both are nouns.

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

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

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

Felis tigrina: medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat
wildcat: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

Felis tigrina (noun)	wildcat (noun)
medium-sized wildcat of Central America and South America having a dark-striped coat	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 tigrina (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 tigrina and wildcat

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