meat vs jerky

meat and jerky both are nouns.

meat is not an adjective while jerky is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meat	Yes	No	No	No
jerky	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

meat: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
jerky: meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun

Other hyponyms of meat include stew meat, bird, fowl, game, dark meat, raw meat, red meat, organs, variety meat, cut, cut of meat, cold cuts, beef, boeuf, carbonado, halal, jerk, jerked meat, pemican, pemmican, veal, veau, horseflesh, horsemeat, mouton, mutton, lamb, porc, pork, sausage, sausage meat, escargot, snail.

meat (noun)	jerky (noun)
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone

meat (adjective)	jerky (adjective)
	having or revealing stupidity
	marked by abrupt transitions
	lacking a steady rhythm

Difference between meat and jerky

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