coney vs cottontail rabbit

cottontail rabbit vs coney

coney and cottontail rabbit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
coney	Yes	No	No	No
cottontail rabbit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cottontail rabbit is a hyponym of coney; that is, cottontail rabbit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than coney:

coney: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
cottontail rabbit: common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)

Other hyponyms of coney include rabbit ears, lapin, bunny, bunny rabbit, European rabbit, Old World rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, cottontail, wood rabbit, Belgian hare, leporide, Angora, Angora rabbit.

coney (noun)	cottontail rabbit (noun)
black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins	common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Difference between coney and cottontail rabbit

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