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Werewolf vs Wolverine - What's the difference?

werewolf | wolverine |

As nouns the difference between werewolf and wolverine

is that werewolf is {{context|lang=en|mythology}} A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon while wolverine is a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo.

werewolf

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l)

Noun

(werewolves)
  • A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to transform during a full moon.

    • Derived terms

    * werewolfdom * werewolfish

    Synonyms

    * wolfman * lycanthrope

    See also

    * turnskin * were- * werebear * wereboar * wererat * weretiger

    wolverine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * wolverene

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A solitary, fierce member of the weasel family, Gulo gulo .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
  • *:“Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine . … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”
  • # A male wolverine, (a female wolverine being called an angeline).

    • Synonyms

    * (animal) Gulo gulo , carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * (Gulo gulo)