carnivore vs canine
canine vs carnivorecarnivore and canine both are nouns.
carnivore is not an adjective while canine is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| carnivore | Yes | No | No | No |
| canine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
canine is a hyponym of
carnivore; that is, canine is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
carnivore:
- carnivore: a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
- canine: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Other hyponyms of carnivore include
fissiped, fissiped mammal, canid, felid, feline, bear, viverrine, viverrine mammal, mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, procyonid.
| carnivore (noun) | canine (noun) |
|---|---|
| a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
| any animal that feeds on flesh | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
| carnivore (adjective) | canine (adjective) |
|---|---|
| of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae | |
| of or relating to a pointed conical tooth |
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