hooter vs screech owl

screech owl vs hooter

hooter and screech owl both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hooter	Yes	No	No	No
screech owl	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, screech owl is a hyponym of hooter; that is, screech owl is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hooter:

hooter: nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
screech owl: small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle

Other hyponyms of hooter include owlet, Athene noctua, little owl, horned owl, great gray owl, great grey owl, Strix nebulosa, Strix aluco, tawny owl, barred owl, Strix varia, Otus asio, scops owl, spotted owl, Strix occidentalis, hoot owl, hawk owl, Surnia ulula, Asio otus, long-eared owl, laughing jackass, laughing owl, Sceloglaux albifacies, barn owl, Tyto alba.

hooter (noun)	screech owl (noun)
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes	small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
a device on an automobile for making a warning noise	any owl that has a screeching cry
informal terms for the nose

Difference between hooter and screech owl

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