cottontail vs cony

cony vs cottontail

cottontail and cony both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cottontail	Yes	No	No	No
cony	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cony is a hypernym of cottontail; that is, cony is a word with a broader meaning than cottontail:

cottontail: 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)
cony: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

Other hypernyms of cottontail include coney, rabbit.

cottontail (noun)	cony (noun)
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 cottontail and cony

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