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deer vs elk

elk vs deer

deer and elk both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deer Yes No No No
elk Yes No No No
As nouns, elk is a hyponym of deer; that is, elk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deer:
  • deer: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
  • elk: common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
Other hyponyms of deer include pricket, fawn, American elk, Cervus elaphus, red deer, wapiti, Cervus unicolor, sambar, sambur, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, wapiti, Cervus nippon, Cervus sika, Japanese deer, sika, Odocoileus Virginianus, Virginia deer, white-tailed deer, white tail, whitetail, whitetail deer, burro deer, mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, Alces alces, moose, Dama dama, fallow deer, Capreolus capreolus, roe deer, caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, reindeer, brocket, barking deer, muntjac, Moschus moschiferus, musk deer, elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer.
deer (noun) elk (noun)
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
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