insect vs hymenopteran

hymenopteran vs insect

insect and hymenopteran both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hymenopteran is a hyponym of insect; that is, hymenopteran is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than insect:

insect: small air-breathing arthropod
hymenopteran: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing

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, hymenopteron, hymenopterous insect, worker, termite, white ant, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect, phasmid, phasmid insect, dictyopterous insect, bug, bug, 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)	hymenopteran (noun)
small air-breathing arthropod	insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

Difference between insect and hymenopteran

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