rock rabbit vs coney

rock rabbit and coney both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rock rabbit	Yes	No	No	No
coney	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rock rabbit and coney are synonyms defined as:

rock rabbit and coney: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America

Other synonyms of rock rabbit include cony, mouse hare, pika.

As nouns, coney is a hypernym of rock rabbit; that is, coney is a word with a broader meaning than rock rabbit:

rock rabbit: hyrax that lives in rocky areas
coney: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes

Other hypernyms of rock rabbit include cony, das, dassie, hyrax.

rock rabbit (noun)	coney (noun)
small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America	black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
hyrax that lives in rocky areas	any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
	small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
	any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes