louse vs crab
crab vs louselouse and crab both are nouns.
louse is not a verb while crab is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| louse | Yes | No | No | No |
| crab | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
crab is a hyponym of
louse; that is, crab is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
louse:
- louse: wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
- crab: a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
Other hyponyms of louse include
common louse, Pediculus humanus, head louse, Pediculus capitis, body louse, cootie, Pediculus corporis, crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse.
| louse (noun) | crab (noun) |
|---|---|
| wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals | a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply |
| any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers |
| wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds | a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body |
| a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect | the edible flesh of any of various crabs |
| a quarrelsome grouch |
| louse (verb) | crab (verb) |
|---|---|
| complain | |
| fish for crab | |
| scurry sideways like a crab | |
| direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind |
Words related to "louse"
- Anoplura
- Mallophaga
- Menopon gallinae
- Menopon palladum
- Pediculus capitis
- Pediculus corporis
- Pediculus humanus
- Phthirius pubis
- Phylloxera vitifoleae
- adelgid
- aphid
- bird louse
- biting louse
- body louse
- chicken louse
- common louse
- cootie
- crab
- crab louse
- depreciation
- derogation
- dirt ball
- disagreeable person
- disparagement
- grape louse
- grape phylloxera
- head louse
- homopteran
- homopterous insect
- insect
- jumping plant louse
- lousy
- oak blight
- order Anoplura
- order Mallophaga
- plant louse
- psylla
- psyllid
- pubic louse
- shaft louse
- sucking louse
- unpleasant person
- worm
Words related to "crab"
- Alaska crab
- Alaska king crab
- Alaskan king crab
- Brachyura
- Cancer borealis
- Cancer irroratus
- Cancer magister
- Dungeness crab
- Japanese crab
- Jonah crab
- Menippe mercenaria
- Paralithodes camtschatica
- Phthirius
- Phthirius pubis
- Phthirus
- air
- air travel
- aviation
- beef
- bellyache
- bitch
- blue crab
- channelise
- channelize
- churl
- complain
- crab cocktail
- crab legs
- crab louse
- crabby
- crabby person
- crabmeat
- crank
- crosspatch
- decapod
- decapod crustacean
- depreciation
- derogation
- direct
- disparagement
- fiddler crab
- fish
- genus Phthirius
- genus Phthirus
- gripe
- grouch
- grouse
- grump
- guide
- hard-shell crab
- head
- holler
- kick
- king crab
- kvetch
- louse
- maneuver
- manoeuver
- manoeuvre
- pea crab
- plain
- point
- pubic louse
- quetch
- rock crab
- row
- rowing
- scamper
- scurry
- scuttle
- shellfish
- skitter
- soft-shell crab
- soft-shelled crab
- sound off
- spider crab
- squawk
- steer
- stone crab
- suborder Brachyura
- sucking louse
- swimming crab
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