dolphin vs killer

killer vs dolphin

dolphin and killer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dolphin	Yes	No	No	No
killer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, killer is a hyponym of dolphin; that is, killer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dolphin:

dolphin: any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
killer: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

Other hyponyms of dolphin include common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose, bottlenose dolphin, porpoise, grampus, Grampus griseus, grampus, killer whale, orca, Orcinus orca, sea wolf, black whale, blackfish, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale, river dolphin, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, white whale.

dolphin (noun)	killer (noun)
any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises	predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)	a difficulty that is hard to deal with
	someone who causes the death of a person or animal
	the causal agent resulting in death

Difference between dolphin and killer

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