Orangutan vs. Gorilla

Orangutannoun

An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.

Orangutannoun

large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

Orangutan

Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China.

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.