Bestial vs. Feral

Bestialadjective

Beast-like

Feraladjective

Wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild.

Bestialnoun

Cattle.

Feraladjective

(of a person) Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved.

Bestialadjective

Belonging to a beast, or to the class of beasts.

‘Among the bestial herds to range.’;

Feralnoun

A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans.

Bestialadjective

Having the qualities of a beast; brutal; below the dignity of reason or humanity; irrational; carnal; beastly; sensual.

Feralnoun

A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly.

Bestialnoun

A domestic animal; also collectively, cattle; as, other kinds of bestial.

Feralnoun

A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle.

Bestialadjective

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;

‘beastly desires’; ‘a bestial nature’; ‘brute force’; ‘a dull and brutish man’; ‘bestial treatment of prisoners’;

Feralnoun

A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro)

‘The story is about a group of ferals which have to explore the ruins of society after the humans die out.’;

Bestialadjective

of or like an animal or animals

‘Darwin's revelations about our bestial beginnings’;

Feraladjective

Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; - said of beasts, birds, and plants.

Bestialadjective

savagely cruel and depraved

‘bestial and barbaric acts’;

Feraladjective

Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.

Feraladjective

wild and menacing;

‘a ferocious dog’;

Feral

A feral animal or plant (from Latin: fera, 'a wild beast') is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated specimens. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in some cases, contributed to extinction of indigenous species.