different between frugivorous vs fruitarian

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Latin fr?x (“fruit”) +? -vorous

frugivorous (comparative more frugivorous, superlative most frugivorous)

Having a diet that consists mostly of fruit; fruit-eating.
Although the vampire bat is known for feeding on blood, most species of bat eat insects, and many are frugivorous.

fruit +? -arian. First attested circa 1890.

fruitarian (plural fruitarians)

A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers). The purest fruitarians do not want to destroy even the seeds.

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