Tiger vs. Elephant — What's the Difference?

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside.

Elephants are a select group of proboscideans belonging to the family Elephantidae. They are the largest existing land animals.

A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.

Any of several very large herbivorous mammals of the family Elephantidae native to Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, having thick, almost hairless skin, a long, flexible, prehensile trunk, upper incisors forming long curved tusks of ivory, and, in the African species, large fan-shaped ears.

Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.

Any of various extinct animals of the family Elephantidae.

A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.

A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.

(in particular) Any member of the subfamily Elephantinae not also of the genera Mammuthus and Primelephas.

A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.

(figuratively) Anything huge and ponderous.

(heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.

Synonym of elephant paper

A leopard.

Used when counting to add length, so that each count takes about one second

A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.

Ivory.

(obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved two points diagonally, may not jump over intervening pieces and may not cross the river.

A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.

A mammal of the order Proboscidia and family Elephantidae, of which two living species, Elephas maximus (formerly Elephas Indicus) and Loxodonta Africana (formerly E. Africanus), and several fossil species, are known. They have five toes, a long proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing. The elephant is classed as a pachyderm.

(figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.

Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.

Five-toed pachyderm

A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

The symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.

A tiger beetle.

Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.

A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina

A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.

A very large and powerful carnivore (Felis tigris) native of Southern Asia and the East Indies. Its back and sides are tawny or rufous yellow, transversely striped with black, the tail is ringed with black, the throat and belly are nearly white. When full grown, it equals or exceeds the lion in size and strength. Called also royal tiger, and Bengal tiger.

Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.

A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.

A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.

A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.

A fierce or audacious person;

Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered