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Deerhound vs Staghound - What's the difference?

deerhound | staghound | Synonyms |

Staghound is a hyponym of deerhound.

Staghound is a synonym of deerhound.



As nouns the difference between deerhound and staghound

is that deerhound is a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer while staghound is any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags.

deerhound

English

Noun

(wikipedia deerhound) (en noun)
  • a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer

    • staghound

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags.
  • *1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , VII:
  • *:Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade, and Holmes sprang upon him like so many staghounds .

    • Synonyms

    *deerhound