The difference between Jackal and Wolf
When used as nouns, jackal means any of certain wild canids of the genus canis, native to the tropical old world and smaller than a wolf, whereas wolf means the gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (canis lupus) that are not or .
When used as verbs, jackal means to perform menial or routine tasks, whereas wolf means to devour.
check bellow for the other definitions of Jackal and Wolf
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Jackal as a noun:
Any of certain wild canids of the genus Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
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Jackal as a noun:
A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody.
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Jackal as a noun (pejorative):
A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
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Jackal as a noun (slang, rare):
A jack (the playing card).
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Jackal as a verb:
To perform menial or routine tasks
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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:
"rfquotek Knight"
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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.