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Bumblebee vs Humblebee - What's the difference?

bumblebee | humblebee |

As nouns the difference between bumblebee and humblebee

is that bumblebee is any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus while humblebee is a bumblebee.

bumblebee

English

(wikipedia bumblebee) (Bombus)

Alternative forms

* bumble bee, bumble-bee

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several species of large bee in the genus Bombus .

    • Synonyms

    * (large bee) dumbledore

    Related terms

    * bee * large garden bumblebee * Cullem's bumblebee * short-haired bumblebee * great yellow bumblebee

    humblebee

    English

    Alternative forms

    * humble-bee

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A bumblebee.
  • * 1595 or 1596,
    • ''The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee ,
    Were still at odds, being but three.''
  • * 1800's, , The Humblebee
    • ''Burly, dozing humblebee ,
    Where thou art is clime for me.''
  • * 1859,
    • Hence I have very little doubt, that if the whole genus of humble-bees became extinct or very rare in England, the heartsease and red clover would become very rare, or wholly disappear.