rodent vs beaver

beaver vs rodent

rodent and beaver both are nouns.

rodent is not a verb while beaver is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rodent	Yes	No	No	No
beaver	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, beaver is a hyponym of rodent; that is, beaver is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rodent:

rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
beaver: large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges

Other hyponyms of rodent include mouse, rat, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood-rat, wood rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, hedgehog, porcupine, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel, cavy, Dolichotis patagonum, mara, capibara, capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, Cuniculus paca, paca, mountain paca, coypu, Myocastor coypus, nutria, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, viscacha, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, mole rat, sand rat.

rodent (noun)	beaver (noun)
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing	large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
	a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material)
	a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower face
	a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
	a full beard
	the soft brown fur of the beaver

rodent (verb)	beaver (verb)
	work hard on something

Difference between rodent and beaver

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