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What is the difference between emmet and ant?

emmet | ant |

Ant is a synonym of emmet.



As nouns the difference between emmet and ant

is that emmet is an ant while ant is any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.

As proper nouns the difference between emmet and ant

is that emmet is {{surname} while Ant is a diminutive of the male given name Anthony.

As a verb ant is

to rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.

emmet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) An ant.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.47:
    • He told him that he saw a vast multitude and a promiscuous, their habitations like molehills, the men as emmets  […].
  • * 1789 , William Blake, Songs of Innocence , :
    • Once a dream did weave a shade / O'er my angel-guarded bed / That an emmet lost its way / Where on grass methought I lay.
  • * 1814 , William Wordsworth, The Excursion , IV.430:
    • [A benignity that] to the emmet gives / Her foresight, and intelligence that makes / The tiny creatures strong by social league.
  • * 1993 , Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford :
    • We are scurrying emmets or pismires with our sad little comedies.
  • (Cornish dialect, pejorative) A tourist.

    • ant

    English

    (wikipedia ant)

    Alternative forms

    * ante, ampte

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. That would be the frozen chicatanas – giant winged ants – at around $500 a kilo.}}
  • (label) A Web spider.

    • Synonyms

    * (insect) emmet (archaic), pismire (archaic)

    Hyponyms

    * (insect in Formicidae) army ant, black garden ant, bull ant, carpenter ant, fire ant, garden ant, honey-pot ant, leafcutter ant, pharaoh ant, piss ant, red ant, sauba ant, thief ant, wood ant

    Derived terms

    * antbear * ant beetle * antbird * ant cap * anteater * anthill * anting * antlike * antlion * antly * the ant's pants * ants in one's pants * antshrike * velvet ant * white ant

    See also

    * ant- (prefix ) * -ant (suffix ) * * army * bike * colony * nest *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ornithology) To rub insects, especially , on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
  • * {{quote-journal, date = 1974
    • , coauthors = Potter, Eloise and Hauser, Doris , title = Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds , journal = The Auk , volume = 91 , url = http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v091n03/p0537-p0563.pdf , page = 538 , passage = Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer. }}

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