different between meatatarian vs pescetarian

English

Etymology

Blend of meat +? vegetarian; compare pescetarian.

Noun

meatatarian (plural meatatarians)

1. A person who exclusively or predominantly eats meat.

Usage notes

Often used popularly or humorously, particularly in opposition to vegetarianism. In formal usage meatarian is more often used.

Synonyms

• carnivore
• meatarian

Antonyms

• vegetarian

Translations

See also

• meatatarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• -arian
• -tarian

English

Etymology

From Italian pesce (“fish”) +? -arian, by analogy with vegetarian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?sk??t???i.?n/, /?p?s??t???i.?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?sk??t??i.?n/, /?p?s??t??i.?n/
• Rhymes: -???i?n
• Hyphenation: pes?ce?ta?ri?an

Noun

pescetarian (plural pescetarians)

1. A person who consumes no animal flesh with the exception of fish or seafood. [c. 1990]

Alternative forms

• pescatarian
• piscetarian

Synonyms

• pescovegetarian
• piscivore (scientific)
• fishetarian
• vegaquarian

Related terms

• flexitarian
• meatatarian
• pollotarian
• vegetarian

Translations

Further reading

• pescetarian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Paul McFedries (17 September 2003) , “pescetarian”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 4 June 2017
• Google Trends comparison of the usage of the 3 spelling variations (pescatarian, pescetarian, and piscetarian), using data from web searches (globally) of each variation since January 2004 (start of dataset) to current date.

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