Ant vs. Aunt — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ant and Aunt
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Ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants appear in the fossil record across the globe in considerable diversity during the latest Early Cretaceous and early Late Cretaceous, suggesting an earlier origin.
Aunt
An aunt is a woman who is a sibling of a parent or married to a sibling of a parent. Aunts who are related by birth are second-degree relatives.
Ant
Any of numerous hymenopteran insects of the family Formicidae, characteristically having wings only in the males and fertile females and living in colonies that have a complex social organization.
Aunt
The sister of one's father or mother.
Ant
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
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Aunt
The wife of a sibling of one's mother or father.
Ant
(Internet) A Web spider.
Aunt
Used as a form of address for an older woman, especially by children.
Ant
(ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
Aunt
The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
Ant
A hymenopterous insect of the Linnæan genus Formica, which is now made a family of several genera; an emmet; a pismire.
Aunt
The female cousin or cousin-in-law of one’s parent.
Ant
Social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
Aunt
(affectionate) A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
Aunt
(obsolete) Any elderly woman.
Aunt
(obsolete) A procuress or bawd.
Aunt
The sister of one's father or mother; - correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.
Aunt
An old woman; and old gossip.
Aunt
A bawd, or a prostitute.
Aunt
The sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
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