Vegan vs Pescetarian - What's the difference?
vegan | pescetarian |
Relating to vegans or veganism.
A person who does not consume, use or eat any animal products; a supporter of veganism
A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.
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As nouns the difference between vegan and pescetarian
is that vegan is someone from vega, which is either a while pescetarian is a person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood.As an adjective vegan
is relating to.vegan
English
(wikipedia vegan)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* veganism * veganistSee also
* vegetarian * vegetarianism ----pescetarian
English
(wikipedia pescetarian)Alternative forms
* pescatarian * piscetarianNoun
(en noun)"Vegetarians"???', rec.food.veg, Usenet :
- I'm curious what you do when you encounter a friend, family member, whoever who claims to be a "vegetarian who eats fish". It *really* bothers me when this happens because it contributes to the assumption that I eat fish and I don't, because I am a vegetarian. I feel like it gives all vegetarians a bad name.
- Do you correct them? Do you not bother? And how do you correct them? I was thinking that saying something like "oh, you mean your(SIC) a pescetarian " would be ok and give them the appropriate term. Speaking of which, how is "pescetarian" pronounced?
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- Eat for Immunity follows a plant-based approach to improving immunity that is relevant to every style of eating—carnivore, pescetarian , vegetarian and vegan.
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- "Why don't you just tell people you're a pescetarian ?" a vegetarian I met recently asked, cutting me off midapologia for my beat-up leather jacket and my callow habit of behaving as if fish are neurologically no more complex than eggplants.
Synonyms
* piscivore (scientific)References
* The Word Spy –pescetarian
External links
*Pescetarian Life