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Mosquito vs Wasp - What's the difference?

mosquito | wasp |

As a proper noun mosquito

is the de havilland mosquito, a second world war military aircraft.

As a noun 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.

mosquito

English

(wikipedia mosquito)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood, leaving an itching bump on the skin. However, only the female of the species bites animals and humans. They are known to carry diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

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    Derived terms

    * Mosquito Coast * mosquito coil * mosquito bar * mosquito fleet * mosquito hawk * mosquito net, mosquito netting

    Related terms

    * Diminutive: mossie/mozzie (qualifier) or skeeter (US)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fly close to the ground, seemingly without a course.
    • English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    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

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