amphibian vs craniate

craniate vs amphibian

amphibian and craniate both are nouns.

amphibian is an adjective but craniate is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amphibian	Yes	Yes	No	No
craniate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, craniate is a hypernym of amphibian; that is, craniate is a word with a broader meaning than amphibian:

amphibian: cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
craniate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

Other hypernyms of amphibian include vertebrate.

amphibian (noun)	craniate (noun)
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form	animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
an airplane designed to take off and land on water
a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water

amphibian (adjective)	craniate (adjective)
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

Difference between amphibian and craniate

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