caterpillar vs army worm

army worm vs caterpillar

caterpillar and army worm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caterpillar	Yes	No	No	No
army worm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, army worm is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, army worm is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than caterpillar:

caterpillar: a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
army worm: noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

Other hyponyms of caterpillar include tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, measuring worm, Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm, cutworm, armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornworm, silkworm, giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkworm, tent caterpillar, lappet caterpillar, webworm, corn borer, Pyrausta nubilalis, bollworm, cabbageworm, Pieris rapae, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar.

caterpillar (noun)	army worm (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth	noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

Difference between caterpillar and army worm

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