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caterpillar vs cutworm

cutworm vs caterpillar

caterpillar and cutworm both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caterpillar Yes No No No
cutworm Yes No No No
As nouns, cutworm is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, cutworm 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
  • cutworm: North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
Other hyponyms of caterpillar include tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, measuring worm, Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm, army worm, 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) cutworm (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
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