Canine vs. Dog
Difference Between Canine and Dog
Canineadjective
Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
Dognoun
A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
The dog barked all night long.Canineadjective
Dog-like.
Dognoun
A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).
Canineadjective
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
Dognoun
A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
She’s a real dog.Canineadjective
Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
Dognoun
(slang) A man (derived from definition 2).
You lucky dog!He's a silly dog.Caninenoun
Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
Dognoun
A coward.
Come back and fight, you dogs!Caninenoun
(formal) 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.
Dognoun
(derogatory) Someone who is morally reprehensible.
You dirty dog.Caninenoun
In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
Dognoun
(slang) A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
Caninenoun
(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
Dognoun
Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
Caninenoun
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Dognoun
A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)
Caninenoun
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Dognoun
A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
The dogs were too hot to touch.Canineadjective
of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
Dognoun
(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.
Canineadjective
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
Dognoun
A hot dog.
Dognoun
Underdog.
Dognoun
Foot.
Dognoun
(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
Dognoun
One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
Dogverb
(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.
Dogverb
(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step.Dogverb
To fasten a hatch securely.
It is very important to dog down these hatches...Dogverb
To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
I admit that I like to dog at my local country park.Dogverb
To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it.Dognoun
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;
the dog barked all nightDognoun
a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;
she got a reputation as a frumpshe's a real dogDognoun
informal term for a man;
you lucky dogDognoun
someone who is morally reprehensible;
you dirty dogDognoun
a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Dognoun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Dognoun
metal supports for logs in a fireplace;
the andirons were too hot to touchDogverb
go after with the intent to catch;
The policeman chased the mugger down the alleythe dog chased the rabbit
