canid vs wolf

canid and wolf both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canid	Yes	No	No	No
wolf	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

canid: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
wolf: any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Other hyponyms of canid include bitch, Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog, jackal, wild dog, hyaena, hyena, fox.

canid (noun)	wolf (noun)
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles	any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
	a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
	a cruelly rapacious person

canid (verb)	wolf (verb)
	eat hastily