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Omnivorous vs Planktivorous - What's the difference?

omnivorous | planktivorous | coordinate terms |

Omnivorous is a coordinate term of planktivorous.


As adjectives the difference between omnivorous and planktivorous

is that omnivorous is having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous while planktivorous is consuming or eating plankton.

omnivorous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.
  • (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.
    • 2003 Winchester, Simon , The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary , New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
  • :* He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

    • Derived terms

    * omnivorousness

    Related terms

    * omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous

    planktivorous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Consuming or eating plankton

    • Coordinate terms

    *carnivorous *insectivorous *omnivorous