amphibian vs toad frog

toad frog vs amphibian

amphibian and toad frog both are nouns.

amphibian is an adjective but toad frog is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amphibian	Yes	Yes	No	No
toad frog	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, toad frog is a hyponym of amphibian; that is, toad frog is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amphibian:

amphibian: cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
toad frog: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Other hyponyms of amphibian include Hynerpeton bassetti, ichthyostega, caudate, urodele, salamander, anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, blindworm, caecilian, labyrinthodont.

amphibian (noun)	toad frog (noun)
cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form	any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
an airplane designed to take off and land on water
a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water

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

Difference between amphibian and toad frog

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