terrier vs schnauzer

schnauzer vs terrier

terrier and schnauzer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
terrier	Yes	No	No	No
schnauzer	Yes	No	No	No

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

terrier: any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground
schnauzer: old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs

Other hyponyms of terrier include bull terrier, bullterrier, Bedlington terrier, Border terrier, Kerry blue terrier, Irish terrier, Norfolk terrier, Norwich terrier, Yorkshire terrier, rat terrier, ratter, fox terrier, wire-haired terrier, wirehair, wirehaired terrier, Airedale, Airedale terrier, cairn, cairn terrier, Australian terrier, Dandie Dinmont, Dandie Dinmont terrier, Boston bull, Boston terrier, Scotch terrier, Scottie, Scottish terrier, chrysanthemum dog, Tibetan terrier, silky terrier, Sydney silky, Skye terrier, soft-coated wheaten terrier, West Highland white terrier, Lhasa, Lhasa apso.

terrier (noun)	schnauzer (noun)
any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground	old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or police dogs

Difference between terrier and schnauzer

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