beetle vs ground beetle

ground beetle vs beetle

beetle and ground beetle both are nouns.

beetle is an adjective but ground beetle is not an adjective.

beetle is a verb but ground beetle is not a verb.

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

As nouns, ground beetle is a hyponym of beetle; that is, ground 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
ground 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, carabid 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)	ground 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)	ground beetle (adjective)
jutting or overhanging

beetle (verb)	ground 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 ground beetle

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