Chimpanzee vs. Gorilla

Chimpanzeenoun

A great ape of the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.

Chimpanzeenoun

An african ape (Pan troglodytes, formerly Anthropithecus troglodytes, or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. It is the most intelligent of non-human animals, and when full grown, it is from three to four feet high. A variant called the pygmy chimpanzee, or bonobo, has been recently recognized as a separate species.

Chimpanzeenoun

intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Chimpanzee

The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known as the common chimpanzee, or simply chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa. It has four confirmed subspecies and a fifth proposed subspecies.

Gorillanoun

The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking

Gorillanoun

A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.

Gorillanoun

A large, arboreal, anthropoid ape of West Africa. It is larger than a man, and is remarkable for its massive skeleton and powerful muscles, which give it enormous strength. In some respects its anatomy, more than that of any other ape, except the chimpanzee, resembles that of man.

Gorillanoun

largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa

Gorilla

Gorillas are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa. The genus Gorilla is divided into two species: the eastern gorillas and the western gorillas, and either four or five subspecies.