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Teeth vs Hypsodont - What's the difference?

teeth | hypsodont |

As nouns the difference between teeth and hypsodont

is that teeth is while hypsodont is any organism whose teeth have large crowns.

As an adjective hypsodont is

(dentistry) describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores).

teeth

English

Noun

(head)
  • (plural only) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.

    • Synonyms

    * (plural of "tooth") chompers, pearly whites * (ability to be enforced) enforceability

    Derived terms

    * arm to the teeth * by the skin of one's teeth * cut one's teeth * get one's teeth into / sink one's teeth into * give one's eye-teeth * gnash one's teeth * grit one's teeth * in the teeth of * lie through one's teeth * set one's teeth on edge

    See also

    * toothless English irregular plurals

    hypsodont

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia hypsodont) (-)
  • (dentistry) Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)

    • Derived terms

    * subhypsodont

    Antonyms

    * brachydont

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any organism whose teeth have large crowns.