beetle vs carabid beetle

carabid beetle vs beetle

beetle and carabid beetle both are nouns.

beetle is an adjective but carabid beetle is not an adjective.

beetle is a verb but carabid beetle is not a verb.

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

As nouns, carabid beetle is a hyponym of beetle; that is, carabid 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
carabid beetle: predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects

Other hyponyms of beetle include tiger beetle, lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug, 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, bark beetle, rove beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle.

beetle (noun)	carabid beetle (noun)
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings	predacious shining black or metallic terrestrial beetle that destroys many injurious insects
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)	carabid beetle (adjective)
jutting or overhanging

beetle (verb)	carabid 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 carabid beetle

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