brute vs quarry

quarry vs brute

brute and quarry both are nouns.

brute is an adjective but quarry is not an adjective.

brute is not a verb while quarry is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brute	Yes	Yes	No	No
quarry	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

brute: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
quarry: animal hunted or caught for food

Other hyponyms of brute 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, game, hexapod, biped, larva, racer, fictional animal, captive, mate, albino, spirit animal.

brute (noun)	quarry (noun)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement	animal hunted or caught for food
a cruelly rapacious person	a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
	a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

brute (adjective)	quarry (adjective)
resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

brute (verb)	quarry (verb)
	extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry

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