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Insect vs Earthworm - What's the difference?

insect | earthworm |

As nouns the difference between insect and earthworm

is that insect is an arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton while earthworm is a worm that lives in the ground.

insect

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
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  • (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
  • A contemptible or powerless person.

    • Synonyms

    * bug (Colloquial 1,2)

    Related terms

    * insecticidal * insecticide * insectivore * insectivorous (-)

    See also

    * arachnid * arthropod * beetle * bug * chafer * coleopter * entomology * larva * worm

    External links

    {{projectlinks , pedia , species , page2=insecta , quote , commons}}

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    earthworm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A worm that lives in the ground.
  • A worm of the Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of the suborder.
  • (figurative) A contemptible person.
  • (figurative) Death.

    • Synonyms

    * (a ground-living worm) groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern US); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler

    Hyponyms

    * (a ground-living worm) baitworm; fishworm ; angleworm (Northern US); fishing worm (Southern US) - fish bait

    External links

    * (Earthworm)

    Anagrams

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