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Elephant vs Tiger - What's the difference?

elephant | tiger |

As nouns the difference between elephant and tiger

is that elephant is a mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw while tiger is Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

As a proper noun Tiger is

a town in Georgia.

elephant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mammal of the order Proboscidea , having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.
  • (figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.
  • (paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 inches x 22 inches.
  • (British, childish) used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second.
  • Let's play hide and seek. I'll count. One elephant''', two '''elephant''', three '''elephant ...
  • (obsolete) ivory
  • (Dryden)

    Synonyms

    * (animal) Elephas maximus'', ''Loxodonta africana * (counting term) see

    Hyponyms

    * (animal) African bush elephant, African forest elephant, Indian elephant, African elephant

    Derived terms

    * African bush elephant * African elephant * African forest elephant * Asian elephant * Asiatic elephant * Borneo elephant, Borneo pygmy elephant * double elephant, double elephant paper * dwarf elephant * elephant apple * elephant bed * elephant beetle * elephant bird, elephantbird * elephant chess * elephant-color, elephant-colour * elephant cord * elephant creeper * elephant ear, elephant ears * elephant fish * elephant flipping * elephant folio * Elephant Gambit * elephant garlic * elephant grass * elephant-gravel * elephant-gray, elephant-grey * elephant gun * * elephant hawk moth * elephanticide * elephantide * elephant in Cairo * elephant in the corner, elephant in the kitchen, elephant in the living room, elephant in the room * (Elephant Island) * elephantitis * elephant joke * elephant juice * elephant leg * (Elephant Man) * elephant man's disease * elephant man's syndrome * elephant on the dinner table * elephant paper * elephant-path * elephant pearl * elephant polo * elephant-rain * elephantry * elephant's breath * elephant seal * elephant's ear, elephant's ears * elephant's foot * elephant's foot umbrella stand * elephant's-grass * elephants' graveyard * elephantship * elephant shrew * elephant's teeth * elephant's trunk, elephant trunk * Elephant's Trunk Nebula * elephant's trunk plant * elephant's trunk snake * elephant's tusk * elephant's-tusks * elephant's-vine * elephant test * elephant trank * elephant tranquilizer, elephant tranquilliser, elephant tranquillizer * Elephant Trap * elephant tree * elephant-trumpet * elephant-trunk fish * Elephant Trunk nebula * elephant-tusk * elephant yam * * forest elephant * get a look at the elephant * imperial elephant * Indian elephant * Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant * Order of the Elephant * pad elephant * pink elephant * pink elephants * pseudelephant * pygmy elephant * retail elephant * rogue elephant * savanna elephant, savannah elephant * sea elephant * see the elephant * show the elephant * Sri Lankan elephant * straight-tusked elephant * Sumatran elephant * temple elephant * war elephant * water elephant * white elephant

    tiger

    English

    (wikipedia tiger)

    Alternative forms

    * tigre (obsolete) * tyger (dated)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Panthera tigris , a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
  • # A male tiger.
  • A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
  • (Dickens)
  • * 1843 , '', book 2, ch. XVII, ''The Beginnings
  • The doom of Fate was, Be thou a Dandy! Have thy eye-glasses, opera-glasses, thy Long-Acre cabs with white-breeched tiger , thy yawning impassivities, pococurantisms; fix thyself in Dandyhood, undeliverable; it is thy doom.
  • A leopard.
  • * 1907 , Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Jock of the Bushveld , Longmans 1976 ed., ISBN 0582161231, page 251:
  • Jim remarked irrelevantly that tigers were 'schelms' and it was his conviction that there were a great many in the kloofs round about.
  • (US, slang) A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
  • * 2010 , Jeff Wilser, The Maxims of Manhood
  • Don't Tell your roommate that you heard the walls shaking all night, and it sounds like he's a real tiger in the sack.
  • (figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
  • * Shakespeare
  • As for heinous tiger , Tamora.
  • (US, colloquial) A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.
  • three cheers and a tiger
  • A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Synonyms

    * Panthera tigris

    Derived terms

    * Asian Tiger (business) * Bali tiger * Bengal tiger * Sumatran tiger * Siberian tiger * Tasmanian tiger * blind tiger * have a tiger by the tail * paper tiger * tiger beetle * tiger cat * tiger lily * tiger moth * tiger mother * tiger shark * tiger snake * tigereye * tigerish * tigerlike

    Hypernyms

    * felid

    Anagrams

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