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Wasp vs Hymenopteran - What's the difference?

wasp | hymenopteran |

As nouns the difference between wasp and hymenopteran

is that wasp is any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee or wasp can be a member of the dominant american upper-class culture, a white anglo-saxon protestant while hymenopteran is (biology) any insect of the order hymenoptera ; the bees, wasps and ants etc.

As an adjective hymenopteran is

characteristic of these insects.

wasp

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (referring to the insect's woven nests). Compare Dutch (m), German (m), Danish (m).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet or bee.
  • A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish.
    • (-)

    See also

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    Etymology 2

    Originally an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of the dominant American upper-class culture, a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

    • See also

    * cracker * honky

    Anagrams

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    hymenopteran

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any insect of the order Hymenoptera ; the bees, wasps and ants etc.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of these insects.

    • See also

    * -pteran