mite vs termite

mite

noun
  • A small or naughty person, or one people take pity on; rascal. 

  • A lepton, a small coin used in Palestine in the time of Christ. 

  • Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. 

  • A small coin formerly circulated in England, rated at about a third of a farthing. 

  • A small weight; one twentieth of a grain. 

  • Any of many minute arachnids which, along with the ticks, comprise subclass Acarina (aka Acari). 

termite

noun
  • A contemptible person. 

  • A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea. 

verb
  • Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it. 

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