animal vs larva

larva vs animal

animal and larva both are nouns.

animal is an adjective but larva is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animal	Yes	Yes	No	No
larva	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, larva is a hyponym of animal; that is, larva is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than animal:

animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
larva: the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

Other hyponyms of animal include pest, critter, creepy-crawly, darter, peeper, homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm, ectotherm, poikilotherm, range animal, varment, varmint, scavenger, work animal, domestic animal, domesticated animal, feeder, migrator, molter, moulter, pet, stayer, stunt, marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature, female, male, adult, offspring, young, pureblood, purebred, thoroughbred, giant, survivor, mutant, herbivore, insectivore, acrodont, pleurodont, zooplankton, conceptus, embryo, fertilized egg, chordate, invertebrate, metazoan, omnivore, predator, predatory animal, prey, quarry, game, hexapod, biped, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

animal (noun)	larva (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose

animal (adjective)	larva (adjective)
marked by the appetites and passions of the body

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