bug vs Cimex lectularius

Cimex lectularius vs bug

bug and Cimex lectularius both are nouns.

bug is a verb but Cimex lectularius is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bug	Yes	No	Yes	No
Cimex lectularius	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Cimex lectularius is a hyponym of bug; that is, Cimex lectularius is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bug:

bug: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Cimex lectularius: bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

Other hyponyms of bug include leaf bug, plant bug, lygaeid, lygaeid bug, coreid, coreid bug, bed bug, bedbug, chinch, backswimmer, Notonecta undulata, true bug.

bug (noun)	Cimex lectularius (noun)
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis	bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

bug (verb)	Cimex lectularius (verb)
annoy persistently
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

Difference between bug and Cimex lectularius

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