As nouns the difference between locust and wasp
is that locust is a type of grasshopper in the family acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation 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.
locust
Noun
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en noun)
A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
A locust tree.
Usage notes
* sometimes confused with locus
Anagrams
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wasp
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).
Noun
(
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
Anagrams
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