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Wolfkin vs Wolfkind - What's the difference?

wolfkin | wolfkind |

As nouns the difference between wolfkin and wolfkind

is that wolfkin is a young or small wolf while wolfkind is the entirety of wolves; all wolves collectively as a group.

wolfkin

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A young or small wolf.
  • * 2009 , Maia Strong, The Ballad of Jimothy Redwing :
    • Arun is in training to be a priest of the Fire God when he is abruptly plucked from his peaceful studies, bespelled and staked out as bait to capture a monster—a wolfkin'. But the ' wolfkin isn't quite what Arun expected.
    Kite and kestrel, wolf and wolfkin , from the wilderness, wallow in it — Tennyson.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    wolfkind

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The entirety of wolves; all wolves collectively as a group.
  • *2009 , Dorothy Hearst, Promise of the Wolves: A Novel :
    • Otherwise, the war will spread, and wolfkind will be no more.