Spider vs. Centipede — What's the Difference?

An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.

Prefers moist environments.

Known for web-spinning.

A many-legged invertebrate.

Possesses venomous fangs.

Part of the Chilopoda class.

Can be solitary or social.

Has forcipules to deliver venom.

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.

Centipedes (from the New Latin prefix centi-, "hundred", and the Latin word pes, pedis, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek χεῖλος, kheilos, lip, and New Latin suffix -poda, "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an arthropod group which also includes millipedes and other multi-legged creatures. Centipedes are elongated metameric creatures with one pair of legs per body segment.

An eight-legged predatory arachnid with an unsegmented body consisting of a fused head and thorax and a rounded abdomen. Spiders have fangs which inject poison into their prey, and most kinds spin webs in which to capture insects.

Any of various predatory arthropods of the class Chilopoda, having a long flattened body composed of segments, each bearing a pair of jointed appendages. The appendages of the foremost body segment are modified into venomous claws. Also called chilopod.

An object resembling a spider, especially one having numerous or prominent legs or radiating spokes.

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

Another term for crawler (sense 2)

A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet.

Move in a scuttling manner suggestive of a spider

Chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs

Another term for crawl (sense 4 of the verb)

Carnivorous and predatory.

Any of numerous arachnids of the order Araneae, having a body divided into a cephalothorax and an abdomen, eight legs, two chelicerae that bear venom glands, and two or more spinnerets that produce the silk used to make nests, cocoons, or webs for trapping insects.

One that resembles a spider, as in appearance, character, or movement.

A program that automatically retrieves webpages and follows the links on them to retrieve more webpages. Spiders are used by search engines to retrieve publicly accessible webpages for indexing, and they can also be used to check for links to webpages that no longer exist. Also called crawler, search bot.

New England, Upper Northern, & South Atlantic US See frying pan.

A trivet.

Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.

A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

A float drink made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).

(slang) A spindly person.

(slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.

A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.

A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.

(cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer

(cycling) A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached.

Heroin.

(music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.

A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.

A soft-hackle fly.

(sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard.

(maths) A spider graph or spider tree.

(obsolete) A type of light phaeton.

(photography) A support for a camera tripod, preventing it from sliding.

(lawn bowls) A competition in which several participants are spread evenly around the edges of the green, who all make one bowl towards the central jack at the same time; the winner being the person whose bowl ends up closest to the jack.

To move like a spider.

To cover a surface like a cobweb.

To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.

Any one of numerous species of arachnids comprising the order Araneina. Spiders have the mandibles converted into poison fangs, or falcers. The abdomen is large and not segmented, with two or three pairs of spinnerets near the end, by means of which they spin threads of silk to form cocoons, or nests, to protect their eggs and young. Many species spin also complex webs to entrap the insects upon which they prey. The eyes are usually eight in number (rarely six), and are situated on the back of the cephalothorax. See Illust. under Araneina.

Any one of various other arachnids resembling the true spiders, especially certain mites, as the red spider (see under Red).

An iron pan with a long handle, used as a kitchen utensil in frying food. Originally, it had long legs, and was used over coals on the hearth.

A trevet to support pans or pots over a fire.

A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.

Predatory arachnid that usually has silk-spinning organs at the back end of the body; they spin silk to make cocoons for eggs or traps for prey

A computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine

A skillet made of cast iron

An eight-legged arachnid.

Found worldwide in various habitats.

Centipedes can have anywhere from 30 to over 300 legs, depending on the species.

While some larger Centipedes can deliver a painful bite to humans, most are harmless.

Centipedes are swift movers, especially when hunting or evading predators.

No, Centipedes do not produce silk and do not build webs.

Yes, some species, especially tarantulas, are kept as pets.

Spiders lay eggs, which they often encase in silk sacs for protection.

Spider vision varies, but many have poor eyesight and rely more on vibrations and touch.

Most Spiders have venom, but only a few species have venom harmful to humans.

Spiders primarily consume insects and other small creatures.

No, Spiders do not have wings and cannot fly.

No, they are different; Centipedes are carnivorous with fewer legs, while millipedes are herbivorous with more legs.

Centipedes prefer damp environments and can be found under rocks, logs, or in soil.

Not all Spiders spin webs; some hunt or ambush their prey without a web.

Centipedes use their speed, venom, and sometimes coloration to deter predators.

No, Spiders are arachnids, a separate class from insects.