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What is the difference between anthropoid and simian?

anthropoid | simian |

As adjectives the difference between anthropoid and simian

is that anthropoid is having characteristics of a human being, usually in terms of shape or appearance while simian is of or pertaining to apes; apely.

As nouns the difference between anthropoid and simian

is that anthropoid is an anthropoid animal while simian is an ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid.

anthropoid

English

(wikipedia anthropoid)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having characteristics of a human being, usually in terms of shape or appearance
  • having characteristics of an ape

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An anthropoid animal.
  • * 1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 1
    • The tribe of anthropoids over which Kerchak ruled with an iron hand and bared fangs, numbered some six or eight families, each family consisting of an adult male with his females and their young, numbering in all some sixty or seventy apes.

    See also

    * humanoid

    simian

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to apes; apely.
  • Bearing resemblance to an ape.

    • Synonyms

    * apelike * apely * apish * simial * simious

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid.

    • Synonyms

    * (ape or monkey) ape, monkey, primate