What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Maggot vs Friendship - What's the difference?

maggot | friendship |

As nouns the difference between maggot and friendship

is that maggot is a soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter while friendship is (uncountable) the condition of being friends.

maggot

English

(wikipedia maggot)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
  • A term of insult for a 'worthless' person, as if a bug.
    • Drop and give me fifty, maggot .
  • (obsolete) A whimsy or fancy.
    • Mr. Beveridge's Maggot , an old country dance [http://www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/indexes/dancingmaster/Dance/Play4199.htm].
  • * 1620 , , Women Pleased , III.iv.
    • Are you not mad, my friend? What time o' th' moon is't? / Have not you maggots in your brain?

    Synonyms

    * (soft legless larva) grub

    Derived terms

    * act the maggot * maggoted * maggoting * maggotish * maggotorium * maggoty * maggotiness

    Related terms

    * mawk * mawkish

    friendship

    English

    (wikipedia friendship)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being friends.
  • (countable) A friendly relationship, or a relationship as friends.
  • (uncountable) Good will.

    • Antonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * friendshipful * friendshipless * friendshiplike * friendshiply * friendshipped * friendshipping * friendshippish/friendshipish * friendshippy/friendshipy * guestfriendship

    See also

    * friending * mateship