termite vs wasp

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. 

wasp

noun
  • A person who behaves in an angry or insolent way, hence waspish. 

  • Any of many types of stinging flying insect resembling a hornet. 

  • Any of the members of suborder Apocrita, excepting the ants (family Formicidae) and bees (clade Anthophila). 

  • Any of the members of the family Vespidae. 

verb
  • To move like a wasp; to buzz 

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