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deer vs moose

moose vs deer

deer and moose both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deer Yes No No No
moose Yes No No No
As nouns, moose is a hyponym of deer; that is, moose is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deer:
  • deer: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
  • moose: large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America
Other hyponyms of deer include pricket, fawn, American elk, Cervus elaphus, elk, red deer, wapiti, Cervus unicolor, sambar, sambur, American elk, Cervus elaphus canadensis, elk, 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, elk, 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) moose (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
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