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Hominid vs Australopith - What's the difference?

hominid | australopith |

As nouns the difference between hominid and australopith

is that hominid is any primate of the family hominidae all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans) while australopith is (archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As adjectives the difference between hominid and australopith

is that hominid is of the hominidae while australopith is (archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

hominid

English

Noun

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

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of the Hominidae

    • australopith

    English

    Alternative forms

    * australopith

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) members of the extinct anthropoid apes of the genera Australopithecus'' and ''Paranthropus or their fossils

    • Synonyms

    * Australopithecine

    See also

    * pith , -pith