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Canine vs Cynomorphism - What's the difference?

canine | cynomorphism |

As nouns the difference between canine and cynomorphism

is that canine is any member of caninae, the only living subfamily of canidae while cynomorphism is (nonce) the manner in which a dog sees the world, including the attribution of doglike characteristics to non-canine animals, especially humans.

As an adjective canine

is of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

canine

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  • * 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 8,
    • We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.
  • * 2005 , , page 17
    • A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company
  • Dog-like.
  • * 1891 , (Arthur Quiller-Couch), "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses ,
    • In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine —positively.
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  • * 1872 , (Charles Darwin), Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals , ch. 10,
    • Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.

    Synonyms

    * (of dogs) * (dog-like)

    Noun

    (en noun) (canine tooth)
  • Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  • Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  • * 2010 , M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy , page 189
    • The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.
  • In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  • * 2006 , Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers
    • He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.
  • (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
  • * 2005 , Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em , page 270
    • You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine ") in your pocket.

    Synonyms

    * (dog or wolf) * (pointy tooth)

    See also

    * lupine * vulpine * Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----

    cynomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonce) The manner in which a dog sees the world, including the attribution of doglike characteristics to non-canine animals, especially humans.
  • * 1892 , Louis Robinson, "Canine Morals and Manners", The Popular Science Monthly , December 1892, page 177:
    • This should teach us to bear in mind that there is, affecting the dog's point of view, almost undoubtedly such a thing as cynomorphism , and that he has his peculiar and limited ideas of life and range of mental vision, and therefore perforce makes his artificial surroundings square with them.
  • * 2004 , Stanley Coren, How Dogs Think: Understanding the Canine Mind , Free Press (2004), ISBN 0743288149, page 290:
    • Without anthropomorphism on our part and cynomorphism on the dog's part, it is unlikely that dogs could have been successfully domesticated and eventually come to live in our homes and serve as companions and workmates.
  • * 2008 , Dario Martinelli & Kristian Bankov, "Bankov's Razor Versus Martinelli's Canon: A Confrontation Around Biosemiotics", Biosemiotics , Volume 1, Issue 3, December 2008, page 413:
    • Finally, this definition implies the Razor-friendly dualism Nature/Culture, by using a two-way-only approach, from animals to humans and back (zoomorphism), without the pluralistic biosemiotic-friendly suggestion there might be, say, a cynomorphism or at least an icthyomorphism.