house cat vs queen

queen vs house cat

house cat and queen both are nouns.

house cat is not a verb while queen is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
house cat	Yes	No	No	No
queen	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, queen is a hyponym of house cat; that is, queen is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than house cat:

house cat: any domesticated member of the genus Felis
queen: female cat

Other hyponyms of house cat include kitty-cat, kitty, puss, pussy, pussycat, mouser, alley cat, tom, tomcat, tabby, tabby, tabby cat, tiger cat, calico cat, tortoiseshell-cat, tortoiseshell, Persian cat, Angora, Angora cat, Siamese, Siamese cat, Burmese cat, Egyptian cat, Maltese, Maltese cat, Abyssinian, Abyssinian cat, Manx, Manx cat.

house cat (noun)	queen (noun)
any domesticated member of the genus Felis	the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
	an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males
	female cat
	(chess) the most powerful piece
	one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
	a female sovereign ruler
	the wife or widow of a king
	offensive term for a homosexual man
	something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind
	a female competitor who holds a preeminent position

house cat (verb)	queen (verb)
	become a queen
	promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

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