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Bumblebee vs Wasp - What's the difference?

bumblebee | wasp |

As nouns the difference between bumblebee and wasp

is that bumblebee is any of several species of large bee in the genus bombus while wasp is any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee or wasp can be a member of the dominant american upper-class culture, a white anglo-saxon protestant.

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

    wasp

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
  • A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
    • (-)

    See also

    * *

    Etymology 2

    Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    • See also

    * cracker * honky

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