insect vs bug
bug vs insectinsect and bug both are nouns.
insect is not a verb while bug is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| insect | Yes | No | No | No |
| bug | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
bug is a hyponym of
insect; that is, bug is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
insect:
- insect: small air-breathing arthropod
- bug: general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
Other hyponyms of insect include
social insect, ephemeral, ephemeron, holometabola, metabola, defoliator, pollinator, gallfly, mecopteran, collembolan, springtail, proturan, telsontail, beetle, web spinner, louse, sucking louse, bird louse, biting louse, louse, flea, dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects, leaf-miner, leaf miner, hymenopter, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect, worker, termite, white ant, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect, phasmid, phasmid insect, dictyopterous insect, hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, heteropterous insect, homopteran, homopterous insect, psocopterous insect, ephemerid, ephemeropteran, plecopteran, stone fly, stonefly, neuropteran, neuropteron, neuropterous insect, odonate, trichopteran, trichopteron, trichopterous insect, thysanuran insect, thysanuron, thysanopter, thysanopteron, thysanopterous insect, earwig, lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect, pupa, imago, queen.
| insect (noun) | bug (noun) |
|---|---|
| small air-breathing arthropod | insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis |
| a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | 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 |
| insect (verb) | bug (verb) |
|---|---|
| annoy persistently | |
| tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information |
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
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
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