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Hominid vs Ape - What's the difference?

hominid | ape |

As nouns the difference between hominid and ape

is that hominid is any primate of the family hominidae all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) while ape is apartment.

As an adjective hominid

is of the hominidae.

hominid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any primate of the family Hominidae. All the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans).

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the Hominidae

    • ape

    English

    (wikipedia ape)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  • Any such primate other than a human.
  • (derogatory) An uncivilised person.

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    Derived terms

    * ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked ape

    Verb

    (ap)
  • To behave like an ape.
  • To imitate; mimic.
  • * 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
    • It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

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    Adjective

    (-)
  • Wild; crazy.
    • We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

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    * monkey * troop (collective noun) *

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