caterpillar vs armyworm

armyworm vs caterpillar

caterpillar and armyworm both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caterpillar	Yes	No	No	No
armyworm	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, armyworm is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, armyworm 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
armyworm: 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, army worm, 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)	armyworm (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth	moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes
	noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
	larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted

Difference between caterpillar and armyworm

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