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

  1. Coyote as a noun:

    Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.

  2. Coyote as a noun:

    A smuggler of illegal immigrants across the land border from Mexico into the United States of America.

  1. Coyote as a verb:

    To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.

  1. Wolf as a noun:

    The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not or .

  2. Wolf as a noun:

    A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

  3. Wolf as a noun (music):

    A wolf tone or wolf note.

  4. 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'"

  5. Wolf as a noun:

    One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.

  6. Wolf as a noun:

    A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

  7. Wolf as a noun (obsolete):

    An eating ulcer or sore. See .

  8. Wolf as a noun:

    A willying machine.

    Examples:

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  1. Wolf as a verb (transitive):

    To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

  2. Wolf as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.

  3. Wolf as a verb (intransitive):

    To hunt for wolves.