Jackal vs Dog - What's the difference?
jackal | dog |
Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
(pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
(slang, rare) A jack (the playing card.)
To perform menial or routine tasks
* 1800 , Pamphlets on British Taxation [http://books.google.com/books?id=XB8JAQAAIAAJ]:
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Dog is a coordinate term of jackal.
As nouns the difference between jackal and dog
is that jackal is any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf while dog is a mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.As verbs the difference between jackal and dog
is that jackal is to perform menial or routine tasks while dog is to pursue with the intent to catch.As an acronym DOG is
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Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* black-backed jackal ** Cape jackal ** East African Jackal * golden jackal * side-striped jackalHypernyms
* canidSee also
*References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
Verb
- They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.
