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Catamount vs Cougar - What's the difference?

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Cougar is a synonym of catamount.



As nouns the difference between catamount and cougar

is that catamount is a wild animal of the family Felidae, especially cougar, puma or lynx while cougar is a mountain lion; Puma concolor.

catamount

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wild animal of the family Felidae , especially cougar, puma or lynx.
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • Go, charge my goblins that they grind their joints
    With dry convulsions; shorten up their sinews
    With aged cramps, and more pinch-spotted make them
    Than pard, or cat o' mountain .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter VIII
    • Uncle Charley's voice was very soft and there was a weary note in it. “Great snarlin' catamounts , but I'm tired.”

    cougar

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mountain lion; Puma concolor .
  • (North America, slang) A woman of middle age who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, typically less than 35 years old; by implication a female “sexual predator”.
    • A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.

    Synonyms

    * (Puma concolor) catamount, catamountain, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma

    Hypernyms

    * (middle-aged person who seeks younger partners) cradle robber, cradle snatcher

    Hyponyms

    * (Puma concolor) Florida panther (a subspecies of mountain lion)

    Coordinate terms

    * (middle-aged woman who seeks younger partners) manther

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    See also

    * MILF * sugar mama * toy boy

    References