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Bookworm vs Hookworm - What's the difference?

bookworm | hookworm |

As nouns the difference between bookworm and hookworm

is that bookworm is any of various insects that infest books while hookworm is any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species species: Ancylostoma duodenale and species: Necator americanus, having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

bookworm

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various insects that infest books.
  • An avid book reader.

    • See also

    * (avid reader) bibliophile

    hookworm

    English

    (wikipedia hookworm) (Ancylostoma duodenale) (Necator americanus)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species , having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin.

    • See also

    * ancylostomiasis