The difference between Coyote and Wolf
When used as nouns, coyote means canis latrans, a species of canine native to north america, whereas wolf means the gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (canis lupus) that are not or .
When used as verbs, coyote means to prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside, whereas wolf means to devour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Coyote and Wolf
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Coyote as a noun:
Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
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Coyote as a noun:
A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.
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Coyote as a verb:
To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.
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Wolf as a noun:
The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not or .
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Wolf as a noun:
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
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Wolf as a noun (music):
A wolf tone or wolf note.
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Wolf as a noun (figurative):
Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
Examples:
"They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door."
"the bee wolf'"
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Wolf as a noun:
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
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Wolf as a noun:
A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
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Wolf as a noun (obsolete):
An eating ulcer or sore. See .
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Wolf as a noun:
A willying machine.
Examples:
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Wolf as a verb (transitive):
To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
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Wolf as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
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Wolf as a verb (intransitive):
To hunt for wolves.