Dog vs. Wolf

The domestic dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. The dog derived from an ancient, extinct wolf, and the modern grey wolf is the dog's nearest living relative.

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 domesticated carnivorous mammal (Canis familiaris syn. Canis lupus subsp. familiaris) occurring as a wide variety of breeds, many of which are traditionally used for hunting, herding, drawing sleds, and other tasks, and are kept as pets.

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

Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, such as the dingo.

The fur of such an animal.

A male animal of the family Canidae, especially of a fox or a domesticated breed.

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

Any of various other animals, such as the prairie dog.

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

A person

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

A person regarded as contemptible

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

A person regarded as unattractive or uninteresting.

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

Something of inferior or low quality

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

An investment that produces a low return or a loss.

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

dogs(Slang) The feet.

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

See andiron.

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

(Slang) A hot dog; a wiener.

A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Any of various hooked or U-shaped metallic devices used for gripping or holding heavy objects.

(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.

(Astronomy) A sundog.

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

Totally; completely. Often used in combination

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

To track or trail persistently

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

To hold or fasten with a mechanical device

A wolf spider.

To be persistently or inescapably associated with

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

To be recurrently or persistently in the mind; haunt

A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.

A mammal of the family Canidae:

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

The species Canis familiaris (sometimes designated Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated for thousands of years and of highly variable appearance because of human breeding.

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

Any member of the family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives extant and extinct; canid.

(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.

A male dog, wolf, or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.

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.

The meat of this animal, eaten as food:

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

A person:

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 dull, unattractive girl or woman.

A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

(slang) A man, guy, chap.

An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.

(derogatory) Someone who is cowardly, worthless, or morally reprehensible.

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

(slang) A sexually aggressive man.

A willying machine.

A mechanical device or support:

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

Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet wheel, to restrain the back action.

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

A metal support for logs in a fireplace.

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

(cartomancy) The eighteenth Lenormand card.

a cruelly rapacious person

A hot dog: a frankfurter, wiener, or similar sausage; or a sandwich made from this.

eat hastily;

Underdog.

Foot.

(Cockney rhyming slang) (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.

One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.

(informal) Something that performs poorly.

(film) A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

(transitive) To pursue with the intent to catch.

(transitive) To follow in an annoying or harassing way.

To fasten a hatch securely.

To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.

To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.

(transitive) To criticize.

To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

(slang) Of inferior quality; dogshit.

A quadruped of the genus Canis, esp. the domestic dog (Canis familiaris).

A mean, worthless fellow; a wretch.

A fellow; - used humorously or contemptuously; as, a sly dog; a lazy dog.

One of the two constellations, Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the Lesser Dog. Canis Major contains the Dog Star (Sirius).

An iron for holding wood in a fireplace; a firedog; an andiron.

A grappling iron, with a claw or claws, for fastening into wood or other heavy articles, for the purpose of raising or moving them.

an ugly or crude person, especially an ugly woman.

a hot dog.

To hunt or track like a hound; to follow insidiously or indefatigably; to chase with a dog or dogs; to worry, as if by dogs; to hound with importunity.

a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds;

a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman;

informal term for a man;

someone who is morally reprehensible;

a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

metal supports for logs in a fireplace;

go after with the intent to catch;