beetle vs bark beetle

bark beetle vs beetle

beetle and bark beetle both are nouns.

beetle is an adjective but bark beetle is not an adjective.

beetle is a verb but bark beetle is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beetle	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
bark beetle	Yes	No	No	No

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

beetle: insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
bark beetle: small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils

Other hyponyms of beetle include tiger beetle, lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug, carabid beetle, ground beetle, firefly, lightning bug, long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle, chrysomelid, leaf beetle, carpet beetle, carpet bug, clerid, clerid beetle, lamellicorn beetle, elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle, water beetle, whirligig beetle, deathwatch, deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, weevil, blister beetle, meloid, rove beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle.

beetle (noun)	bark beetle (noun)
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings	small beetle that bores tunnels in the bark and wood of trees; related to weevils
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

beetle (adjective)	bark beetle (adjective)
jutting or overhanging

beetle (verb)	bark beetle (verb)
beat with a beetle
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
be suspended over or hang over

Difference between beetle and bark beetle

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