rattlesnake vs prairie rattler

prairie rattler vs rattlesnake

rattlesnake and prairie rattler both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rattlesnake	Yes	No	No	No
prairie rattler	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, prairie rattler is a hyponym of rattlesnake; that is, prairie rattler is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rattlesnake:

rattlesnake: pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
prairie rattler: widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Other hyponyms of rattlesnake include Crotalus adamanteus, diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, banded rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, timber rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis, prairie rattlesnake, Western rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes, horned rattlesnake, sidewinder, Crotalus atrox, Western diamondback, Western diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus lepidus, rock rattlesnake, Crotalus tigris, tiger rattlesnake, Crotalus scutulatus, Mojave rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii, speckled rattlesnake, massasauga, massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus, ground rattler, massasauga, Sistrurus miliaris.

rattlesnake (noun)	prairie rattler (noun)
pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken	widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Difference between rattlesnake and prairie rattler

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