black bear vs grizzly
Definitions
noun
- bear with a black coat living in central and eastern Asia
- 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.
Definitions
noun
- powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America
adjective
- 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.
