leech vs vulture

leech

noun
  • A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion. 

  • The aft edge of a triangular sail. 

  • An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis. 

  • A healer. 

  • The vertical edge of a square sail. 

verb
  • To drain (resources) without giving back. 

  • To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient. 

vulture

noun
  • A person who profits from the suffering of others. 

  • Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae. 

verb
  • To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture. 

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