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What is the difference between vulpine and canine?

vulpine | canine |

As adjectives the difference between vulpine and canine

is that vulpine is pertaining to a fox while canine is of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

As nouns the difference between vulpine and canine

is that vulpine is any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf while canine is any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

vulpine

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a fox.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘The Bag’, Reginald in Russia :
    • She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
  • Having the characteristics of a fox, foxlike; cunning.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of certain canids called foxes (including the true foxes, the arctic fox and the grey fox); distinguished from the canines, which are regarded as similar to the dog and wolf .
  • * 1980 , Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf , unnumbered page,
    • The family Canidae consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
  • A person considered vulpine (cunning); a fox.

    • See also

    * canine * lupine * Vulpini (tribe within subfamily Caninae) ----

    canine

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
  • * 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 8,
    • We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.
  • * 2005 , , page 17
    • A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company
  • Dog-like.
  • * 1891 , (Arthur Quiller-Couch), "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses ,
    • In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine —positively.
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
  • * 1872 , (Charles Darwin), Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals , ch. 10,
    • Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.

    Synonyms

    * (of dogs) * (dog-like)

    Noun

    (en noun) (canine tooth)
  • Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  • Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
  • * 2010 , M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy , page 189
    • The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.
  • In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
  • * 2006 , Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers
    • He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.
  • (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
  • * 2005 , Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em , page 270
    • You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine ") in your pocket.

    Synonyms

    * (dog or wolf) * (pointy tooth)

    See also

    * lupine * vulpine * Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)

    References

    * Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----