What is the difference between foxlike and vulpine?
foxlike | vulpine |
Pertaining to a fox.
* 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia :
Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.
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 ,
A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.
As adjectives the difference between foxlike and vulpine
is that foxlike is like a fox while vulpine is pertaining to a fox.vulpine
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Noun
(en noun)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.