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gnathostome vs vertebrate

vertebrate vs gnathostome

gnathostome and vertebrate both are nouns.

gnathostome is not an adjective while vertebrate is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gnathostome Yes No No No
vertebrate Yes Yes No No
As nouns, vertebrate is a hypernym of gnathostome; that is, vertebrate is a word with a broader meaning than gnathostome:
  • gnathostome: a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws
  • vertebrate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Other hypernyms of gnathostome include craniate.
gnathostome (noun) vertebrate (noun)
a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
gnathostome (adjective) vertebrate (adjective)
having a backbone or spinal column
Difference between gnathostome and vertebrate

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