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pest vs animal

animal vs pest

pest and animal both are nouns.

pest is not an adjective while animal is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pest Yes No No No
animal Yes Yes No No
As nouns, animal is a hypernym of pest; that is, animal is a word with a broader meaning than pest:
  • pest: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
  • animal: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Other hypernyms of pest include animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna.
pest (noun) animal (noun)
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
a persistently annoying person
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
pest (adjective) animal (adjective)
marked by the appetites and passions of the body
Difference between pest and animal

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