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Flea vs Mite - What's the difference?

flea | mite |

As nouns the difference between flea and mite

is that flea is feast, banquet (especially a drinking feast) while mite is shoot.

flea

English

(wikipedia flea)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) fle, from (etyl) (compare Latin (m)).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera , renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
  • A thing of no significance.
    • Derived terms
    * flea market * sand flea * sand fly * sandfly

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms.

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1973, p. 74:
    • In this Thwackum had the advantage; for while Square could only scarify the poor lad's reputation, he could flea his skin [...].

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    mite

    English

    (wikipedia mite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.
  • A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:One mite wrung from the lab'rer's hands
  • *:Shall buy and sell the miser's lands;
  • A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ.
  • A small weight; one twentieth of a grain.
  • Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. Sometimes used adverbially.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=“Well,” I says, “I cal'late a body could get used to Tophet if he stayed there long enough.” ¶ She flared up; the least mite of a slam at Doctor Wool was enough to set her going.}}
  • * 1959 , Frances Cavanah, Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance , Project Gutenberg, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17315/17315-8.txt]:
    • "Those trousers are a mite too big, but you'll soon grow into them."

    Synonyms

    * (small amount) see also .

    Derived terms

    * widow's mite

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