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Pharming vs Charming - What's the difference?

pharming | charming |

As nouns the difference between pharming and charming

is that 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 while charming is the casting of a magical charm.

As an adjective charming is

pleasant, charismatic.

As a verb charming is

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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

    • charming

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pleasant, charismatic
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  • delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

    • Antonyms

    * (pleasant) dull

    Synonyms

    * (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) silly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The casting of a magical charm.
  • * (Thomas Middleton)
    • They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

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