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Vulpine vs Feline - What's the difference?

vulpine | feline |

As adjectives the difference between vulpine and feline

is that vulpine is pertaining to a fox while feline is .

As a noun vulpine

is any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf .

vulpine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a fox.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia :
    • She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
  • Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf .
  • * 1980 , Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf , unnumbered page,
    • The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
  • A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

    • See also

    * canine * lupine * Vulpini (tribe within subfamily Caninae) ----

    feline

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or pertaining to, the cat.
  • catlike (resembling a cat)
    • Synonyms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Substantive use of the adjective , from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cat; member of the cat family Felidae.
    • Hyponyms
    * See also

    Related terms

    * feliform * felis * Felix * felinity * felinely

    See also

    * canine * cattus * Felidae ----