whipworm

As nouns the difference between hookworm and whipworm

is that hookworm is any of various parasitic bloodsucking roundworms which cause disease, especially the species , having hooked mouthparts and entering their hosts by boring through the skin while whipworm is , a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.

As nouns the difference between whipworm and tapeworm

is that whipworm is species: Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine while tapeworm is any parasitical worm of the class Cestoda, which infest the intestines of animals, including humans, often infecting different host species during their life cycle.

As nouns the difference between terms and whipworm

is that terms is while whipworm is , a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.

As nouns the difference between whipworm and shipworm

is that whipworm is , a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine while shipworm is any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family , that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.

Nematode is a hypernym of whipworm.

As nouns the difference between nematode and whipworm

is that nematode is while whipworm is , a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.

As nouns the difference between trichuriasis and whipworm

is that trichuriasis is a parasitic disease caused by infection of the large intestine by a whipworm while whipworm is species: Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.

As nouns the difference between roundworm and whipworm

is that roundworm is an invertebrate animal of the phylum nematoda and other similar phyla many species of roundworms are parasites while whipworm is , a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.