Caterpillar vs Grub - What's the difference?
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The larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm.
A vehicle with a caterpillar track; a crawler.
(countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
(uncountable, slang) Food.
(obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up .
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(slang) To supply with food.
Grub is a related term of caterpillar.
As nouns the difference between caterpillar and grub
is that caterpillar is the larva of a butterfly or moth; leafworm while grub is an immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.As a verb grub is
to scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.caterpillar
English
(wikipedia caterpillar)Alternative forms
* caterpiller (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- The bird just ate that green caterpillar .
Synonyms
* (moth or butterfly larva)Derived terms
* caterpillar catcher * caterpillar eater * caterpillar hunter * caterpillar track * tent caterpillarSee also
* pillargrub
English
(wikipedia grub)Noun
- (Carew)
Synonyms
* (immature insect): larva * : nosh, tuckerDerived terms
* grubby * witchetty grubVerb
(grubb)- to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
- They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
- Yet there was no time to be lost if I was ever to get out alive, and so I groped with my hands against the side of the grave until I made out the bottom edge of the slab, and then fell to grubbing beneath it with my fingers. But the earth, which the day before had looked light and loamy to the eye, was stiff and hard enough when one came to tackle it with naked hands, and in an hour's time I had done little more than further weary myself and bruise my fingers.
- (Charles Dickens)