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Pharm vs Pharming - What's the difference?

pharm | pharming |

As nouns the difference between pharm and pharming

is that pharm is a place where genetically modified animals or plants are produced for the production of pharmaceuticals while pharming is the use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product or pharming can be (computing) the redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive.

pharm

English

Noun

(pharms)
  • A place where genetically modified animals or plants are produced for the production of pharmaceuticals.

    • Anagrams

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    pharming

    English

    Etymology 1

    from pharmaceutical + farming

    Noun

    (-)
  • The use of genetic engineering to alter an animal or plant in order to make it produce a pharmaceutical or similar product
    • Synonyms
    * biofarming, biopharming

    Etymology 2

    By extension, from phishing

    Noun

    (wikipedia pharming) (-)
  • (computing) The redirection of traffic for one website to another, with intent to deceive