canine vs tooth

tooth vs canine

canine and tooth both are nouns.

canine is an adjective but tooth is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
canine	Yes	Yes	No	No
tooth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tooth is a hypernym of canine; that is, tooth is a word with a broader meaning than canine:

canine: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

canine (noun)	tooth (noun)
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles	a means of enforcement
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars	toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
	something resembling the tooth of an animal
	one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

canine (adjective)	tooth (adjective)
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

Difference between canine and tooth

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