dogtooth vs tooth

tooth vs dogtooth

dogtooth and tooth both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dogtooth	Yes	No	No	No
tooth	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tooth is a hypernym of dogtooth; that is, tooth is a word with a broader meaning than dogtooth:

dogtooth: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
tooth: hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

dogtooth (noun)	tooth (noun)
a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England	a means of enforcement
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars	toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated	something resembling the tooth of an animal
	one of a number of uniform projections on a gear
	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

Difference between dogtooth and tooth

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