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Cannibalism vs Carnivore - What's the difference?

cannibalism | carnivore |

As a noun cannibalism

is the act of eating another of one's own species.

As a proper noun carnivore is

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cannibalism

English

(wikipedia cannibalism)

Noun

(-)
  • The act of eating another of one's own species.
  • In speech, the occurrence of one word "eating" part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".

    • Related terms

    * cannibal * cannibalistic * autocannibalism

    See also

    * Kuru * prion * Mad Cow Disease English words suffixed with -ism

    carnivore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any animal that eats meat as the main part of its diet.
  • (label) A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.
  • (informal) A person who is not a vegetarian.

    • Usage notes

    Not all meat-eaters (e.g. meat-eating birds and fish) belong to Carnivora, and not all Carnivora are meat-eaters (e.g. giant panda). To avoid the confusion, a new term carnivoran has been introduced to mean "belonging to Carnivora".

    Synonyms

    * meatarian, meatatarian (of people)

    Derived terms

    * obligate carnivore

    Related terms

    {{rel3, Carnivora , carnivoran , carnivorous , folivore , frugivore , hemovore , herbivore , insectivore , omnivore}}