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Mastiff vs Narwhal - What's the difference?

mastiff | narwhal |

As nouns the difference between mastiff and narwhal

is that mastiff is a large breed of dog often confused to be part of a type of large dogs the mastiff is a breed of its own that is sometimes referred to as an "english mastiff" other breeds have mastiff in their informal name such as "french mastiff" for dogue de bordeaux or include mastiff in their breed names; tibetan mastiff or neapolitan mastiff all are different breeds as well as the often confused bullmastiff while narwhal is , an arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.

mastiff

English

(wikipedia mastiff)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large breed of dog. Often confused to be part of a type of large dogs. The Mastiff is a breed of its own that is sometimes referred to as an "English Mastiff". Other breeds have Mastiff in their informal name such as "French Mastiff" for Dogue de Bordeaux or include Mastiff in their breed names; Tibetan Mastiff or Neapolitan Mastiff. All are different breeds as well as the often confused Bullmastiff.
  • * 1605: , Act III, Scene VI
    • Avaunt, you curs! Be thy mouth or black or white, Tooth that poisons if it bite; Mastiff , greyhound, mongrel grim, Hound or spaniel, brach or him.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 98
    • A mastiff lay extended against a battered door.
    (encyclopedic definition)

    Hypernyms

    * (l)

    narwhal

    English

    (wikipedia narwhal) (Monodon monoceros)

    Alternative forms

    * narwal, narwhale

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • , an Arctic cetacean that grows to about 20 feet (6 meters) long, the male having a single horn-like tusk, a twisted, pointed canine tooth that projects forward.
  • * 1986 , D. E. Sergeant, Chapter 16: Sea Mammals'', I. P. Martini (editor), ''Canadian Inland Seas , page 337,
    • Moreover, both narwhals and bowheads can occur in late summer in southern Prince Regent Inlet (coming from Lancaster Sound) and may reach Fury and Hecla Strait and northern Foxe Basin.
  • * 1988 , Tristan Jones, Somewheres East of Suez , unnumbered page,
    • Often, in the morning, narwhals' played around the boat and reminded me of the dolphins, so far away in the North Atlantic. But these '''narwhals''' were not like the Atlantic sea-dogs; they had little of their flashing vibrancy; these Turkish ' narwhals were much more relaxed, and rolled over lazily, with a sigh, as if they were going to retire to a sofa and smoke a hookah.
  • * 2000 , Richard C. Connor, Andrew J. Read, Richard Wrangham, 10: Male Reproductive Strategies and Social Bonds'', Janet Mann (editor), ''Cetacean Societies: Field Studies of Dolphins and Whales , page 247,
    • At over 2.5 m in length, the tusk of the male narwhal (Monodon monoceros ) is one the most impressive instruments of male-male competition among mammals.

    Synonyms

    * sea unicorn

    Derived terms

    * narwhalian, narwalian