What's the difference between...?

Question

tortoise and turtle
hare and rabbit
toad and frog
alligator and crocodile
centipede and millipede

Answer 1

Turtle is a general term for a number of different creatures which includes tortoises and terrapins as well as other creatures. In general tortoise is used for land-based creatures, turtle for water-based ones, and terrapin for water based ones with claws, but there are a number of exceptions such as the box turtle, which is a tortoise.

Hares and rabbits are two different species. Hares are big animals with very long front and back legs and live in long grass. They don't dig burrows. Rabbits are much smaller, with long back legs and short front legs, and they live in burrows. Bugs Bunny is actually a hare.

Centipede is a hunter which has about 60 legs and moves very quickly. Millipede is a vegetarian which has 200 - 300 legs and walks very slowly. Centipedes are flat, while millipedes are round in cross section.

Don't know about the others.

Answer 2

This is going to be extremely basic
Turtle usually refers to a water animal, tortoises are land dwelling. There are exceptions. People refer to Box Turtles, which are actually tortoises.

Hares and rabbits are both of the Leporidae family. Hares are larger and have young that are born with open eyes and have fur. Rabbits are smaller and their young are born with their eyes closed and naked.

Toad are amphibians that live on land, frogs are more aquatic.

Alligators and Crocodiles are different species. Alligators have a rounded snout, crocodiles have a more pointed snout.

Answer 3

Totoises are land creatures, turtles swim.

They are born different ways and they are two different species.(and rabbits are trying to take over the world!)

Frogs are smaller and spend more time in water

An alligator's snout is smaller and more rounded at the tip and crocodiles are bigger.

I think the millipede has more legs.