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Farming vs Pharming - What's the difference?

farming | pharming |

As nouns the difference between farming and pharming

is that farming is the business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc 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.

As an adjective farming

is pertaining to the agricultural business.

As a verb farming

is present participle of lang=en.

farming

English

Noun

  • The business of cultivating land, raising stocks etc.
  • * 1692 , John Quick, Synodicon in Gallia reformata
    • We discharge them also of all Farmings of Benefices, and Church Lands, or Goods, of which they were spoiled by those who Commanded under their General.

    Derived terms

    * firestick farming

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to the agricultural business.
  • Raising livestock or fish.

    • Verb

    (head)

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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