craniate vs amphibian

amphibian vs craniate

craniate and amphibian both are nouns.

craniate is not an adjective while amphibian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
craniate	Yes	No	No	No
amphibian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, amphibian is a hyponym of craniate; that is, amphibian is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than craniate:

craniate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
amphibian: cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

Other hyponyms of craniate include fetus, foetus, Amniota, amniote, aquatic vertebrate, gnathostome, bird, reptile, reptilian, mammal, mammalian, tetrapod.

craniate (noun)	amphibian (noun)
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium	cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form
	an airplane designed to take off and land on water
	a flat-bottomed motor vehicle that can travel on land or water

craniate (adjective)	amphibian (adjective)
	relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

Difference between craniate and amphibian

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