rattlesnake vs prairie rattlesnake

prairie rattlesnake vs rattlesnake

rattlesnake and prairie rattlesnake both are nouns.

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

As nouns, prairie rattlesnake is a hyponym of rattlesnake; that is, prairie rattlesnake 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 rattlesnake: 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 rattler, 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 rattlesnake (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 rattlesnake

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