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Omnivore vs. Herbivore

Difference Between Omnivore and Herbivore

Omnivore

An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutrients and energy of the sources absorbed.
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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet. As a result of their plant diet, herbivorous animals typically have mouthparts adapted to rasping or grinding.
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Omnivore

An omnivorous animal
"Humans are quintessential omnivores" (Paul Rozin).
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Herbivore

An animal that feeds chiefly on plants.
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Omnivore

One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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Herbivore

An organism that feeds chiefly on plants; an animal that feeds on herbage or vegetation as the main part of its diet.
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Omnivore

An animal which is able to consume both plants (like a herbivore) and meat (like a carnivore).
Bears are omnivores: they can eat plants, but they also eat fish.
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Herbivore

One of the Herbivora.
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Omnivore

a person who eats all kinds of foods
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Herbivore

any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants;
horses are herbivores
the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores
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Omnivore

an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
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