As nouns the difference between honeybee and wasp
is that honeybee is while wasp is any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee or wasp can be a member of the dominant american upper-class culture, a white anglo-saxon protestant.
wasp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).
Noun
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en noun)
Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
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Etymology 2
Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
Noun
(
en noun)
A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
See also
* cracker
* honky
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