Bug vs. Defect
Bugnoun
(entomology) An insect of the order Hemiptera (the “true bugs”).
Bugnoun
Any of various species of marine or freshwater crustaceans; e.g. a Morton Bay bug, mudbug.
Bugnoun
(colloquial) Any insect, arachnid, or other terrestrial arthropod that is a pest.
Bugnoun
Any insect, arachnid, myriapod or entognath.
Bugnoun
A problem that needs fixing.
Bugnoun
A contagious illness; a bacterium or virus causing it
Bugnoun
(informal) An enthusiasm for something; an obsession
Bugnoun
(informal) A keen enthusiast or hobbyist.
Bugnoun
A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device
Bugnoun
A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.
Bugnoun
(broadcasting) A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it
Bugnoun
(aviation) A manually positioned marker in flight instruments.
Bugnoun
A semi-automated telegraph key.
Bugnoun
(obsolete) Hobgoblin, scarecrow; anything that terrifies.
Bugnoun
HIV.
Bugnoun
(poker) A limited form of wild card in some variants of poker.
Bugnoun
A trilobite.
Bugnoun
A young apprentice jockey.
Bugverb
To annoy.
Bugverb
(transitive) To install an electronic listening device or devices in.
Bugnoun
A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
Bugnoun
A general name applied to various insects belonging to the Hemiptera; as, the squash bug; the chinch bug, etc.
Bugnoun
An insect of the genus Cimex, especially the bedbug (Cimex lectularius). See Bedbug.
Bugnoun
One of various species of Coleoptera; as, the ladybug; potato bug, etc.; loosely, any beetle.
Bugnoun
One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc.
Bugnoun
An error in the coding of a computer program, especially one causing the program to malfunction or fail. See, for example, year 2000 bug.
Bugnoun
Any unexpected defect or flaw, such as in a machine or a plan.
Bugnoun
A hidden electronic listening device, used to hear or record conversations surreptitiously.
Bugnoun
An infectious microorganism; a germ{4}.
Bugnoun
An undiagnosed illness, usually mild, believed to be caused by an infectious organism.
Bugnoun
An enthusiast; - used mostly in combination, as a camera bug.
Bugverb
to annoy; to bother or pester.
Bugnoun
general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
Bugnoun
a fault or defect in a system or machine
Bugnoun
a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
Bugnoun
insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
Bugnoun
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Bugverb
annoy persistently;
Bugverb
tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information;
Defectnoun
A fault or malfunction.
Defectnoun
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
Defectnoun
(math) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Defectverb
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
Defectverb
(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
Defectverb
(military) To join the enemy army.
Defectverb
(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Defectnoun
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
Defectnoun
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
Defectverb
To fail; to become deficient.
Defectverb
to abandon one country or faction, and join another.
Defectverb
To injure; to damage.
Defectnoun
an imperfection in a bodily system;
Defectnoun
a failing or deficiency;
Defectnoun
an imperfection in a device or machine;
Defectnoun
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);
Defectverb
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;
