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Bacteria vs Paramecium - What's the difference?

bacteria | paramecium |

As nouns the difference between bacteria and paramecium

is that bacteria is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while paramecium is an oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus genus: Paramecium.

bacteria

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • (US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, A.C. Panchdhari, Water Supply and Sanitary Installations citation
    • , passage=Anaerobic bacteria' function in the absence of oxygen, where as aerobic '''bacteria''' require sunlight and also oxygen. Both these ' bacterias are capable of breaking down the organic matter
  • (US, proscribed)
  • (pejorative, slang) A derisive term for a lowlife or a slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
    • Usage notes
    * This is the plural form of the word. While it is often used as if it were singular (as a collective noun), this is considered nonstandard by some in the US and more elsewhere. See the usage examples under (bacterium).
    Derived terms
    * Bacteria * Eubacteria * Archaebacteria / Archebacteria * eubacteria * archaebacteria / archebacteria
    See also
    * culture (collective noun)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (bacteriae)
  • (dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    paramecium

    English

    (wikipedia paramecium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (zoology) An oval-shaped protozoan organism of the genus .
  • * 1983 , Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers , Penguin 2009, p. 144:
    • The sun beats on his eyelids; inside them a paramecium revolves. A blink and it changes pattern like a kaleidoscope.
  • * 1997 , (Don DeLillo), , 2003 edition, ISBN 0684848155, page 560 [http://google.com/books?id=Ug3ArDMHLnQC&pg=RA1-PA560&dq=paramecia]:
    • Edgar noticed that Clyde was wearing a necktie with a driblet design. The little figures made him think of paramecia , sinister organisms with gullets and feeding grooves.

    Synonyms

    * slipper animalcule