dipteron vs insect

insect vs dipteron

dipteron and insect both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dipteron	Yes	No	No	No
insect	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, insect is a hypernym of dipteron; that is, insect is a word with a broader meaning than dipteron:

dipteron: insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
insect: small air-breathing arthropod

dipteron (noun)	insect (noun)
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing	small air-breathing arthropod
	a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Difference between dipteron and insect

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