Maggot vs. Worm — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Maggot and Worm
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Maggot
A maggot is the larva of a fly (order Diptera); it is applied in particular to the larvae of Brachycera flies, such as houseflies, cheese flies, and blowflies, rather than larvae of the Nematocera, such as mosquitoes and crane flies. A 2012 study estimated the population of maggots in North America to be in excess of 3×1017.
Worm
Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body, no limbs, and no eyes. Worms vary in size from microscopic to over 1 metre (3.3 ft) in length for marine polychaete worms (bristle worms), 6.7 metres (22 ft) for the African giant earthworm, Microchaetus rappi, and 58 metres (190 ft) for the marine nemertean worm (bootlace worm), Lineus longissimus.
Maggot
The legless, soft-bodied, wormlike larva of any of various dipteran flies, often found in decaying matter.
Worm
Any of various invertebrates, especially an annelid, flatworm, nematode, or nemertean, having a long, flexible, rounded or flattened body, often without obvious appendages.
Maggot
(Slang) A despicable person.
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Worm
Any of various crawling insect larvae, such as a grub or a caterpillar, having a soft elongated body.
Maggot
(Archaic) An extravagant notion; a whim.
Worm
Any of various other animals, such as a shipworm or a slowworm, having a long slender limbless body.
Maggot
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
Worm
Something, such as the thread of a screw or the spiral condenser in a still, that resembles a worm in form or appearance.
Maggot
(derogatory) A worthless person.
Drop and give me fifty, maggot.
Worm
The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear.
Maggot
A whimsy or fancy.
Worm
An insidiously tormenting or devouring force
“felt the black worm of treachery growing in his heart” (Mario Puzo).
Maggot
(slang) A fan of the American metal band Slipknot.
Worm
A person regarded as pitiable or contemptible.
Maggot
(transitive) To rid (an animal) of maggots.
Worm
Worms Medicine Infestation of the intestines or other parts of the body with parasitic worms; helminthiasis.
Maggot
The footless larva of any fly. See Larval.
Worm
(Computers) A malicious program that replicates itself until it fills all of the storage space on a drive or network.
Maggot
A whim; an odd fancy.
Worm
To make (one's way) with the sinuous crawling motion of a worm.
Maggot
The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
Worm
To work (one's way or oneself) subtly or gradually; insinuate
She wormed her way into his confidence.
Worm
To elicit by artful or devious means. Usually used with out of
Wormed a confession out of the suspect.
Worm
To treat for intestinal worms
Wormed the dog.
Worm
(Nautical) To wrap yarn or twine spirally around (rope).
Worm
To move in a manner suggestive of a worm.
Worm
To make one's way by artful or devious means
He can't worm out of this situation.
Worm
A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
Worm
More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
Worm
(archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.
Worm
Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
Worm
A contemptible or devious being.
Don't try to run away, you little worm!
Worm
(computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
Worm
(cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
Worm
Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
Worm
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
Worm
The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
Worm
(anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
Worm
The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
Worm
A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
Worm
(obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
Worm
(figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
Worm
(math) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
Worm
(anatomy) The lytta.
Worm
(preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
Worm
(transitive) To make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
We wormed our way through the underbrush.
Worm
(intransitive) To move with one's body dragging the ground.
Worm
To work one's way by artful or devious means.
Worm
To work (one's way or oneself) (into) gradually or slowly; to insinuate.
He wormed his way into the organization.
Worm
To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means.
Worm
To drag out of, to get information that someone is reluctant or unwilling to give (through artful or devious means or by pleading or asking repeatedly).
Worm
To fill in the contlines of (a rope) before parcelling and serving.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
Worm
(transitive) To deworm (an animal).
Worm
(transitive) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
Worm
(transitive) To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm.
Worm
A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer.
'T is slander,Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongueOutvenoms all the worms of Nile.
When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
Worm
Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm.
Worm
An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
Worm
A being debased and despised.
I am a worm, and no man.
Worm
Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms.
Worm
A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
Worm
To work slowly, gradually, and secretly.
When debates and fretting jealousyDid worm and work within you more and more,Your color faded.
Worm
To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; - often followed by out.
They find themselves wormed out of all power.
They . . . wormed things out of me that I had no desire to tell.
Worm
To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
The men assisted the laird in his sporting parties, wormed his dogs, and cut the ears of his terrier puppies.
Worm
To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope.
Ropes . . . are generally wormed before they are served.
Worm
Any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
Worm
A person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
Worm
A software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network;
Worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers
Worm
Screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
Worm
To move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
The prisoner writhed in discomfort
The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace
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