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reptilian vs craniate

craniate vs reptilian

reptilian and craniate both are nouns.

reptilian is an adjective but craniate is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reptilian Yes Yes No No
craniate Yes No No No
As nouns, craniate is a hypernym of reptilian; that is, craniate is a word with a broader meaning than reptilian:
  • reptilian: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
  • craniate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
Other hypernyms of reptilian include vertebrate.
reptilian (noun) craniate (noun)
any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
reptilian (adjective) craniate (adjective)
of or relating to the class Reptilia
Difference between reptilian and craniate

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