caterpillar vs woolly bear

woolly bear vs caterpillar

caterpillar and woolly bear both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caterpillar	Yes	No	No	No
woolly bear	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woolly bear is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, woolly bear 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
woolly bear: caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests

Other hyponyms of caterpillar include tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, measuring worm, 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 caterpillar.

caterpillar (noun)	woolly bear (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth	caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests

Difference between caterpillar and woolly bear

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