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Maggot vs Magpie - What's the difference?

maggot | magpie |

As nouns the difference between maggot and magpie

is that maggot is a soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter while magpie is (soccer) someone connected with , as a fan, player, coach etc.

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

    magpie

    English

    (wikipedia magpie)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae
  • # especially Pica pica .
  • A superficially similar Australian bird, .
  • Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as collecting, or committing robbery.
  • (slang) Fan or member of

    • Synonyms

    * (checksyns) * maggie * pie * piet

    Derived terms

    * Australian magpie * (black magpie) () * (oriental magpie) ** (green magpie) (Cissa ) *** (common green magpie) () *** (Indochinese green magpie) () *** (Javan green magpie) () *** (Bornean green magpie) () ** (blue magpie) (Urocissa ) *** (Taiwan blue magpie) () *** (red-billed blue magpie) () *** (yellow-billed blue magpie) () *** (Sri Lanka blue magpie) () *** (white-winged magpie) () * ** black-billed magpie () ** (yellow-billed magpie) () ** Eurasian magpie (Pica pica ) ** (Korean magpie) () ** (azure-winged magpie) () ** (Iberian magpie) ()