The difference between Canine and Dog

When used as nouns, canine means any member of caninae, the only living subfamily of canidae, whereas dog means a mammal, canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

Canine is also adjective with the meaning: of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Dog is also verb with the meaning: to pursue with the intent to catch.

check bellow for the other definitions of Canine and Dog

  1. Canine as an adjective:

    Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

  2. Canine as an adjective:

    Dog-like.

  3. Canine as an adjective (anatomy):

    Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

  4. Canine as an adjective (medicine, obsolete):

    Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

  1. Canine as a noun:

    Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

  2. Canine as a noun (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.

  3. Canine as a noun:

    In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.

  4. Canine as a noun (poker slang):

    A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

  1. Dog as a noun:

    A mammal, Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.

    Examples:

    "The dog barked all night long."

  2. Dog as a noun:

    A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch (often attributive).

  3. Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):

    A dull, unattractive girl or woman.

    Examples:

    "She’s a real dog."

  4. Dog as a noun (slang):

    A man (derived from definition 2).

    Examples:

    "You lucky dog!"

    "He's a silly dog."

  5. Dog as a noun (slang, derogatory):

    A coward.

    Examples:

    "Come back and fight, you dogs!"

  6. Dog as a noun (derogatory):

    Someone who is morally reprehensible.

    Examples:

    "You dirty dog."

  7. Dog as a noun (slang):

    A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).

  8. Dog as a noun:

    Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

  9. Dog as a noun:

    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)

  10. Dog as a noun:

    A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

    Examples:

    "The dogs were too hot to touch."

  11. Dog as a noun (cartomancy):

    The eighteenth Lenormand card.

  12. Dog as a noun:

    A hot dog.

  13. Dog as a noun (poker, _, slang):

    Underdog.

  14. Dog as a noun (slang, almost always, _, in the plural):

    Foot.

    Examples:

    "uxi My dogs are barking! My feet hurt!"

  15. Dog as a noun (Cockney rhyming slang):

    (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

    Examples:

    "My dog is dead. My mobile-phone battery has run out of charge and is no longer able to function."

  16. Dog as a noun:

    One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

  1. Dog as a verb (transitive):

    To pursue with the intent to catch.

  2. Dog as a verb (transitive):

    To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

    Examples:

    "The woman cursed him so that trouble would dog his every step."

  3. Dog as a verb (transitive, nautical):

    To fasten a hatch securely.

    Examples:

    "It is very important to dog down these hatches..."

  4. Dog as a verb (intransitive, emerging usage in, _, British):

    To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

    Examples:

    "I admit that I like to dog at my local country park."

  5. Dog as a verb (intransitive, transitive):

    To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

    Examples:

    "A surprise inspection of the night shift found that some workers were dogging it."

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