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Carnivorous vs Cannibal - What's the difference?

carnivorous | cannibal |

As an adjective carnivorous

is of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order carnivora.

As a noun cannibal is

an organism which eats others of its own species, especially a human who eats human flesh.

carnivorous

English

Adjective

(carnivore) (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
  • Predatory or flesh eating.
  • (botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

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    cannibal

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism which eats others of its own species, especially a human who eats human flesh.
    • (Charles Darwin)

    Related terms

    * cannibalise * cannibalism * cannibalistic