Difference between Orangutan and Gorilla

What is the difference between Orangutan and Gorilla?

Orangutan as a noun is 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, very long arms, and no tail. while Gorilla as a noun is the largest of the apes, native to the forests of central africa, and known for its trait of knuckle-walking

Orangutan

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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, very long arms, and no tail.

Gorilla

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for its trait of knuckle-walkingA big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.

Example sentence: Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.

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