amphibian vs vertebrate

vertebrate vs amphibian

amphibian and vertebrate both are nouns.

amphibian and vertebrate both are adjectives.

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

As nouns, vertebrate is a hypernym of amphibian; that is, vertebrate 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
vertebrate: 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 craniate.

amphibian (noun)	vertebrate (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)	vertebrate (adjective)
relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia	having a backbone or spinal column

Difference between amphibian and vertebrate

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