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sabertooth vs false saber-toothed tiger

false saber-toothed tiger vs sabertooth

sabertooth and false saber-toothed tiger both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sabertooth Yes No No No
false saber-toothed tiger Yes No No No
As nouns, false saber-toothed tiger is a hyponym of sabertooth; that is, false saber-toothed tiger is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sabertooth:
  • sabertooth: any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene
  • false saber-toothed tiger: North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
Other hyponyms of sabertooth include Smiledon californicus.
sabertooth (noun) false saber-toothed tiger (noun)
any of many extinct cats of the Old and New Worlds having long swordlike upper canine teeth; from the Oligocene through the Pleistocene North American cat of the Miocene and Pliocene; much earlier and less specialized than members of the genus Smiledon
Difference between sabertooth and false saber-toothed tiger

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