Felis yagouaroundi vs wildcat

wildcat vs Felis yagouaroundi

Felis yagouaroundi and wildcat both are nouns.

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

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

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

Felis yagouaroundi: long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat
wildcat: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild

Felis yagouaroundi (noun)	wildcat (noun)
long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat	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 yagouaroundi (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 yagouaroundi and wildcat

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