different between bugs vs insect
bugs
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??z/
Noun
bugs
- plural of bug
Verb
bugs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bug
Adjective
bugs (comparative more bugs, superlative most bugs)
- (slang) Crazy; unstable.
References
Anagrams
- BGSU, gubs
Danish
Noun
bugs c
- indefinite genitive singular of bug
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
bugs
- plural of bug
French
Noun
bugs m
- plural of bug
bugs From the web:
- what bugs are mistaken for bed bugs
- what bugs are attracted to led lights
- what bugs bite at night
- what bugs eat grass
- what bugs can bearded dragons eat
- what bugs can be mistaken for roaches
- what bugs eat wood
- what bugs can you eat
insect
English
Etymology
From Middle French insecte, from Latin ?nsectum (“with a notched or divided body, cut up”), from perfect passive participle of ?nsec? (“I cut into, I cut up”), from ?n- (“from in- before f or s”) + sec? (“I cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections. Calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (éntomon, “insect”), from ??????? (éntomos, “cut into pieces”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ns?kt/
Noun
insect (plural insects)
- An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- (derogatory) A contemptible or powerless person.
Synonyms
- bug (colloquial)
Derived terms
- insectageddon
- insecticidal
- insecticide
- insectiform
- insectile
- insectivore
- insectivorous
Translations
See also
- arachnid
- arthropod
- beetle
- bug
- chafer
- coleopter
- entomology
- larva
- worm
Further reading
- insect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- insecta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- insect on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
- insect on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- ceints, incest, nicest, scient
Dutch
Alternative forms
- (before 1996) insekt
Etymology
Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From Latin ?nsectum (“bug; cut up”), from ?nsec? (“I cut up into”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek ??????? (éntomon, “bug”), from ??????? (éntomos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?s?kt/
- Hyphenation: in?sect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
insect n (plural insecten, diminutive insectje n)
- insect, arthropod of the class Insecta.
- Synonyms: gekorven dier, kerfdier
- (now uncommon) bug (any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect)
- Synonym: gekorven dier
insect From the web:
- what insect symbolizes death and rebirth
- what insects eat grass
- what insect has the shortest lifespan
- what insect is this
- what insect lives the longest
- what insect is responsible for the most deaths
- what insects pollinate
- what insect causes the most deaths
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