whip-snake vs whipsnake

whip-snake and whipsnake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
whip-snake	Yes	No	No	No
whipsnake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, whip-snake and whipsnake are synonyms defined as:

whip-snake and whipsnake: any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails

Other synonyms of whip-snake include whip snake.

whip-snake (noun)	whipsnake (noun)
any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails	any of several small fast-moving snakes with long whiplike tails