bug vs insect
insect vs bugbug and insect both are nouns.
bug is a verb but insect is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bug | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| insect | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
insect is a hypernym of
bug; that is, insect is a
word with a broader meaning than bug:
- bug: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
- insect: small air-breathing arthropod
As nouns,
insect is a hypernym of
bug; that is, insect is a
word with a broader meaning than bug:
- bug: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
- insect: small air-breathing arthropod
| bug (noun) | insect (noun) |
|---|---|
| insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis | small air-breathing arthropod |
| general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate | a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect |
| 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) | insect (verb) |
|---|---|
| annoy persistently | |
| tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
Words related to "bug"
- Cimex lectularius
- Hemiptera
- Notonecta undulata
- backswimmer
- badger
- bed bug
- bedbug
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- buggy
- chinch
- coreid
- coreid bug
- crucify
- defect
- dun
- eavesdrop
- fault
- flaw
- frustrate
- germ
- glitch
- hemipteran
- hemipteron
- hemipterous insect
- insect
- intercept
- leaf bug
- listen in
- lygaeid
- lygaeid bug
- mic
- micro-organism
- microbe
- microorganism
- microphone
- mike
- order Hemiptera
- pester
- plant bug
- rag
- tap
- tease
- torment
- true bug
- wiretap
Words related to "insect"
- Arthropoda
- air sac
- ala
- arthropod
- beetle
- bird louse
- biting louse
- bug
- cloud
- clypeus
- collembolan
- defoliator
- depreciation
- derogation
- dictyopterous insect
- dipteran
- dipteron
- dipterous insect
- dirt ball
- disagreeable person
- disparagement
- earwig
- ephemeral
- ephemerid
- ephemeron
- ephemeropteran
- flea
- gallfly
- hemipteran
- hemipteron
- hemipterous insect
- heteropterous insect
- holometabola
- holometabolism
- holometaboly
- homopteran
- homopterous insect
- hymenopter
- hymenopteran
- hymenopteron
- hymenopterous insect
- imago
- insectan
- leaf miner
- leaf-miner
- lepidopteran
- lepidopteron
- lepidopterous insect
- louse
- mecopteran
- mentum
- metabola
- neuropteran
- neuropteron
- neuropterous insect
- odonate
- orthopteran
- orthopteron
- orthopterous insect
- phasmid
- phasmid insect
- phylum Arthropoda
- plecopteran
- pollinator
- proturan
- psocopterous insect
- pupa
- queen
- social insect
- springtail
- stone fly
- stonefly
- sucking louse
- swarm
- telsontail
- termite
- thorax
- thysanopter
- thysanopteron
- thysanopterous insect
- thysanuran insect
- thysanuron
- trichopteran
- trichopteron
- trichopterous insect
- two-winged insects
- unpleasant person
- web spinner
- white ant
- wing
- worker
- worm
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