wildcat vs panther
panther vs wildcatwildcat and panther both are nouns.
wildcat is an adjective but panther is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wildcat | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| panther | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
panther is a hyponym of
wildcat; that is, panther is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
wildcat:
- wildcat: any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild
- panther: large American feline resembling a lion
Other hyponyms of wildcat include
sand cat, catamountain, European wildcat, Felis silvestris, catamount, cougar, Felis concolor, mountain lion, painter, puma, Felis pardalis, ocelot, panther cat, eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat, caffer cat, Felis ocreata, kaffir cat, Felis chaus, jungle cat, Felis serval, serval, Felis bengalensis, leopard cat, Felis tigrina, tiger cat, Felis wiedi, margay, margay cat, Felis manul, manul, Pallas's cat, catamount, lynx.
| wildcat (noun) | panther (noun) |
|---|---|
| any small or medium-sized cat resembling the domestic cat and living in the wild | a leopard in the black color phase |
| an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | a large spotted feline of tropical America similar to the leopard; in some classifications considered a member of the genus Felis |
| a cruelly rapacious person | large American feline resembling a lion |
| wildcat (adjective) | panther (adjective) |
|---|---|
| (of a mine or oil well) drilled speculatively in an area not known to be productive | |
| without official authorization | |
| outside the bounds of legitimate or ethical business practices |
Words related to "wildcat"
- European wildcat
- Felis
- Felis bengalensis
- Felis chaus
- Felis concolor
- Felis manul
- Felis ocreata
- Felis pardalis
- Felis serval
- Felis silvestris
- Felis tigrina
- Felis wiedi
- Felis yagouaroundi
- Pallas's cat
- aggressor
- assailant
- assaulter
- attacker
- beast
- brute
- caffer cat
- cat
- catamount
- catamountain
- cougar
- depreciation
- derogation
- disparagement
- explorative
- exploratory
- eyra
- genus Felis
- jaguarondi
- jaguarundi
- jaguarundi cat
- jungle cat
- kaffir cat
- leopard cat
- lynx
- manul
- margay
- margay cat
- mountain lion
- ocelot
- oil well
- oiler
- painter
- panther
- panther cat
- puma
- sand cat
- savage
- serval
- tiger cat
- true cat
- unauthorised
- unauthorized
- unofficial
- unsound
- wildcat well
- wolf
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