caterpillar vs measuring worm

measuring worm vs caterpillar

caterpillar and measuring worm both are nouns.

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

As nouns, measuring worm is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, measuring 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
measuring worm: small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

Other hyponyms of caterpillar include tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm, cutworm, 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)	measuring worm (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth	small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae

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