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Midge vs Gnat - What's the difference?

midge | gnat |

As nouns the difference between midge and gnat

is that midge is any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera while gnat is any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

As a proper noun Gnat is

a type of jet fighter aircraft.

midge

English

(wikipedia midge)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera.
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    • , author=Douglas Larson , title=Runaway Devils Lake , volume=100, issue=1, page=46 , magazine= citation , passage=Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.}}

    Derived terms

    * apple midge * biting midge * dung midge * gall midge * mackerel-midge * meniscus midge * midge cap * midge grass * midget * midgie * mountain midge * net-winged midge * non-biting midge * pear midge * phantom midge * solitary midge * wheat-midge

    gnat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any small insect of the order Diptera'', specifically within the suborder ''Nematocera .

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