Monkey vs. Frog — What's the Difference?

Monkey is a common name that may refer to certain groups or species of simian mammals of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (literally without tail in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago.

Any of various tailed primates of the suborder Anthropoidea, including the macaques, baboons, capuchins, and marmosets, and excluding the apes.

Any of numerous tailless aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura, characteristically having a short vertebral column, a large head, long hind legs used for leaping, and a tadpole stage as larvae.

A nonhuman ape. Not in scientific use.

Any of various usually aquatic members of this order having smoother skin and longer hind legs than the toads.

One who behaves in a way suggestive of a monkey, as a mischievous child or a mimic.

A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.

The iron block of a pile driver.

A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.

(Slang) A person who is mocked, duped, or made to appear a fool

An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person with dark skin.

A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.

To play, fiddle, trifle, or tamper with something

A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.

To behave in a mischievous or apish manner

The nut of a violin bow.

To imitate or mimic; ape.

(Informal)Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.

(properly) A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.

Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of French birth or descent.

Any simian primate other than hominids, any monkey or ape.

Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

A human considered to resemble monkeys in some way, including:

(musical instrument) The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

A naughty or mischievous person, especially a child.

(Cockney rhyming slang) Road. Shorter, more common form of frog and toad.

(slang) The person in the motorcycle sidecar in sidecar racing.

The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

(pejorative) idiot: a person of minimal intelligence.

An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

(pejorative) uggo: an unattractive person, especially one whose face supposedly resembles a monkey's.

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

Synonym of puppet: a person dancing to another's tune, a person controlled or directed by another.

(angling) A type of fishing lure that resembles a frog.

A menial employee who does a repetitive job supposedly requiring minimal intelligence.

Defector: a politician who simply switches between different political parties.

A black, a black person.

(offensive) A French person.

(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

A French-speaking person from Quebec.

The vessel in which a mess receives its full allowance of grog.

A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

The weight of a pile driver or drop hammer.

An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button (covered with netted thread), toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

To hunt or trap frogs.

(slang) five hundred, especially (British) 500 pounds sterling or 500 dollars.

To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

(blackjack) face card.

To spatchcock (a chicken).

(slang) A person's temper, said to be "up" when they are angry.

To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

(transitive) To unravel part of (a knitted garment) while knitting it in order to correct a mistake.

(dance) A dance popularized by Major Lance in 1963, now usually only its upper-body dance move involving exaggerated drumming motions.

An amphibious animal of the genus Rana and related genera, of many species. Frogs swim rapidly, and take long leaps on land. Many of the species utter loud notes in the springtime.

To meddle; to mess (with).

The triangular prominence of the hoof, in the middle of the sole of the foot of the horse, and other animals; the fourchette.

(transitive) To mimic; to ape.

A supporting plate having raised ribs that form continuations of the rails, to guide the wheels where one track branches from another or crosses it.

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

An oblong cloak button, covered with netted thread, and fastening into a loop instead of a button hole.

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.

The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

A person of French descent

To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

A decorative loop of braid or cord

Any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

One who is playfully mischievous

Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

Do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;