craniate vs reptilian

reptilian vs craniate

craniate and reptilian both are nouns.

craniate is not an adjective while reptilian is an adjective.

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

As nouns, reptilian is a hyponym of craniate; that is, reptilian 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
reptilian: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

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

craniate (noun)	reptilian (noun)
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium	any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

craniate (adjective)	reptilian (adjective)
	of or relating to the class Reptilia

Difference between craniate and reptilian

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