turtle vs river cooter

river cooter vs turtle

turtle and river cooter both are nouns.

turtle is a verb but river cooter is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
turtle	Yes	No	Yes	No
river cooter	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, river cooter is a hyponym of turtle; that is, river cooter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than turtle:

turtle: any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming
river cooter: large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico

Other hyponyms of turtle include marine turtle, sea turtle, snapping turtle, mud turtle, terrapin, Pseudemys rubriventris, red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys scripta, slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, cooter, Pseudemys concinna, box tortoise, box turtle, Chrysemys picta, painted terrapin, painted tortoise, painted turtle, tortoise, pancake turtle, soft-shelled turtle.

turtle (noun)	river cooter (noun)
any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming	large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar

turtle (verb)	river cooter (verb)
hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation
overturn accidentally

Difference between turtle and river cooter

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