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Pharming vs Harming - What's the difference?

pharming | harming |

As a noun 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.

As a verb harming 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

    • harming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

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