squirrel vs gopher

gopher vs squirrel

squirrel and gopher both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
squirrel	Yes	No	No	No
gopher	Yes	No	No	No

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

squirrel: a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
gopher: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops

Other hyponyms of squirrel include tree squirrel, ground squirrel, spermophile, eastern chipmunk, ground squirrel, hackee, striped squirrel, Tamias striatus, chipmunk, baranduki, baronduki, barunduki, burunduki, Eutamius asiaticus, Eutamius sibiricus, American flying squirrel, Asiatic flying squirrel.

squirrel (noun)	gopher (noun)
a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail	burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
the fur of a squirrel	burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
	any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
	a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)

Difference between squirrel and gopher

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