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vertebrate vs reptile

reptile vs vertebrate

vertebrate and reptile both are nouns.

vertebrate is an adjective but reptile is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vertebrate Yes Yes No No
reptile Yes No No No
As nouns, reptile is a hyponym of vertebrate; that is, reptile is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vertebrate:
  • vertebrate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
  • reptile: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
vertebrate (noun) reptile (noun)
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms
vertebrate (adjective) reptile (adjective)
having a backbone or spinal column
Difference between vertebrate and reptile

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