field mouse vs mouse

mouse vs field mouse

field mouse and mouse both are nouns.

field mouse is not a verb while mouse is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
field mouse	Yes	No	No	No
mouse	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, mouse is a hypernym of field mouse; that is, mouse is a word with a broader meaning than field mouse:

field mouse: any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens
mouse: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

field mouse (noun)	mouse (noun)
any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows	any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens	a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
	person who is quiet or timid
	a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

field mouse (verb)	mouse (verb)
	manipulate the mouse of a computer
	to go stealthily or furtively

Difference between field mouse and mouse

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