Tiger vs. Wolf — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Tiger and Wolf
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Tiger
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.
Wolf
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.
Tiger
A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera tigris) of Asia, having a tawny coat with transverse black stripes.
Wolf
Any of several carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in packs.
Tiger
Any of various similar wild felines, such as the jaguar, mountain lion, or lynx.
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Wolf
The fur of such an animal.
Tiger
A person regarded as aggressive, audacious, or fierce.
Wolf
Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.
Tiger
Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
Wolf
The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.
Tiger
A male tiger; as opposed to a tigress.
Wolf
One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
Tiger
(heraldry) A representation of a large mythological cat, used on a coat of arms.
Wolf
(Slang)A man who habitually makes aggressive sexual advances to women.
Tiger
A leopard.
Wolf
A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.
Tiger
A relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy.
Wolf
Dissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.
Tiger
(obsolete) A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Wolf
To eat greedily or voraciously:"The town's big shots were ... wolfing down the buffet"(Ralph Ellison).
Tiger
A person who is very athletic during sexual intercourse.
Wolf
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
Tiger
(figurative) A ferocious, bloodthirsty and audacious person.
Wolf
Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
Tiger
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering.
Three cheers and a tiger
Wolf
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
Tiger
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Wolf
(music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
Tiger
A tiger moth in the family Arctiidae.
Wolf
(figurative) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
The bee wolf
Tiger
A tiger beetle.
Wolf
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
Tiger
Any of the three Australian species of black-and-yellow striped dragonflies of the genus Ictinogomphus.
Wolf
A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
Tiger
A tiger butterfly in tribe Danaini, especially subtribe Danaina
Wolf
A wolf spider.
Tiger
A final shouted phrase, accompanied by a jump or outstretched arms, at the end of a cheer.
Wolf
(obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
Tiger
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.
Wolf
A willying machine, to cleanse wool or willow.
Tiger
Fig.: A ferocious, bloodthirsty person.
As for heinous tiger, Tamora.
Wolf
(transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
Tiger
A servant in livery, who rides with his master or mistress.
Wolf
To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
Tiger
A kind of growl or screech, after cheering; as, three cheers and a tiger.
Wolf
(intransitive) To hunt for wolves.
Tiger
A pneumatic box or pan used in refining sugar.
Wolf
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.
Tiger
A fierce or audacious person;
He's a tiger on the tennis court
It aroused the tiger in me
Wolf
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvæ of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf.
Tiger
Large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered
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.
Wolf
A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
Wolf
An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. Lupus.
If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side.
Wolf
The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
Wolf
A willying machine.
Wolf
Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
Wolf
Austrian composer (1860-1903)
Wolf
German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
Wolf
A man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
Wolf
A cruelly rapacious person
Wolf
Eat hastily;
The teenager wolfed down the pizza
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