WordCmp.com

plesiosaur vs archosaurian

archosaurian vs plesiosaur

plesiosaur and archosaurian both are nouns.

plesiosaur is not an adjective while archosaurian is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plesiosaur Yes No No No
archosaurian Yes Yes No No
As nouns, archosaurian is a hypernym of plesiosaur; that is, archosaurian is a word with a broader meaning than plesiosaur:
  • plesiosaur: extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous
  • archosaurian: extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts
Other hypernyms of plesiosaur include archosaur, archosaurian reptile.
plesiosaur (noun) archosaurian (noun)
extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck and a short tail and four paddle-shaped limbs; of the Jurassic and Cretaceous extinct reptiles including: dinosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, thecodonts
plesiosaur (adjective) archosaurian (adjective)
of or relating to reptiles of the subclass Archosauria
Difference between plesiosaur and archosaurian

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.