anteater vs edentate

edentate vs anteater

anteater and edentate both are nouns.

anteater is not an adjective while edentate is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anteater	Yes	No	No	No
edentate	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, edentate is a hypernym of anteater; that is, edentate is a word with a broader meaning than anteater:

anteater: any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
edentate: primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America

anteater (noun)	edentate (noun)
any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites	primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia
a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea
toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites; nearly extinct

anteater (adjective)	edentate (adjective)
	having few if any teeth

Difference between anteater and edentate

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