Dingo vs. Wolf — What's the Difference?

The dingo (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo) is an ancient (basal) lineage of dog found in Australia. Its taxonomic classification is debated; as per the variety of scientific names presently applied in different publications, it is variously considered a form of domestic dog not warranting recognition as a subspecies; a subspecies of dog or wolf; or a full species in its own right.

The wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, and gray wolves, as colloquially understood, comprise non-domestic/feral subspecies.

A wild dog (Canis lupus subsp. dingo) of Australia and Southeast Asia, having a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown coat.

Any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in packs.

A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).

The fur of such an animal.

A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.

A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color.

The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.

Wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia

One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.

(Slang)A man who habitually makes aggressive sexual advances to women.

A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.

Dissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.

To eat greedily or voraciously:"The town's big shots were ... wolfing down the buffet"(Ralph Ellison).

Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.

Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.

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

A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.

A wolf spider.

(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.

A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

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

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

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus Canis and closely allied to the common dog. The best-known and most destructive species are the European wolf (Canis lupus), the American gray, or timber, wolf (Canis occidentalis), and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.

Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.

A willying machine.

Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

A cruelly rapacious person

Eat hastily;