black bear vs grizzly

black bear

Definitions

noun

  1. bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
  2. brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear

Examples

This is my kind of vacation spot: lots of walleyes and northerns, bald eagles and loons everywhere, the occasional black bear - and wireless internet service.

The salmon fishing, black bear, moose, and caribou sightings, and frequent stops for scouting and portaging easily turn running the Main into a weeklong wilderness adventure.

Black bears may be seen best by boat in May and June, as they forage for crabs and fish along shorelines at low tide.

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grizzly

Definitions

noun

  1. powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

adjective

  1. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

Examples

It's time to get back to basics, so hit the deck and channel your inner grizzly bear.

A lean, lithe, grizzly looking fellow, supple, agile with a leathery skin and sinewy.

He had respect for them, even as he respected the grizzly and the rattlers that his trail crossed.

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