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deer vs reindeer

reindeer vs deer

deer and reindeer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deer Yes No No No
reindeer Yes No No No
As nouns, reindeer is a hyponym of deer; that is, reindeer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deer:
  • deer: distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
  • reindeer: Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' 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, moose, Dama dama, fallow deer, Capreolus capreolus, roe deer, caribou, Greenland caribou, Rangifer tarandus, brocket, barking deer, muntjac, Moschus moschiferus, musk deer, elaphure, Elaphurus davidianus, pere david's deer.
deer (noun) reindeer (noun)
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
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