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spider vs arachnoid

arachnoid vs spider

spider and arachnoid both are nouns.

spider is not an adjective while arachnoid is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
spider Yes No No No
arachnoid Yes Yes No No
As nouns, arachnoid is a hypernym of spider; that is, arachnoid is a word with a broader meaning than spider:
  • spider: predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey
  • arachnoid: air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
Other hypernyms of spider include arachnid.
spider (noun) arachnoid (noun)
predatory arachnid with eight legs, two poison fangs, two feelers, and usually two silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs
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a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
spider (adjective) arachnoid (adjective)
relating to or resembling a member of the class Arachnida
Difference between spider and arachnoid

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