Is there a difference between vegetarian and vegan?

Question

If so what is the difference?

Answer 1

Vegetarians dont eat meat...vegans dont eat any animal products, like cheese or milk.

Answer 2

yes there is!! A vegetarian will eat no meat products or stuff with meat in it (Like gelatin)
A vegan will not do the above but in addition will not eat dairy products- eggs, milk, cheese etc. Also they wont wear things that have come from an animal e.g. leather shoes as it has come from a cow. they use things that are animal friendly/ not tested on animals.
Hope that defines differences for you

Answer 3

Yes. Vegetarians eat no animal flesh--and this includes chicken and fish, okay?!--nor gelatin or cheese with rennet.

Vegans strive to exclude all forms of animal exploitation from their lives, eschewing meat, dairy, eggs, honey, beeswax, carmine, silk, wool, leather, fur, animal circuses, and zoos. Vegans will avoid buying products from companies that test on animals (so nothing under the big Procter & Gamble tent) and avoid buying nonfood items that have animal ingredients.

Vegetarianism is more about diet, while veganism is about lifestyle.

Answer 4

I read all the other answers so far and woudl add this...

A vegetarian sticks to a diet absent from meat, fish, poultry and slaughter by-products

A vegan sticks to life choices than include excluding all animal products from diet and lifestyle. This includes the veggie diet + no dairy, eggs and no use of wool, silk, leather etc.

Although there is a wide crossover for many ( eg i dont have dairy or use leather but am a veggie because i eat eggs from my own freerange hens)

Answer 5

Yes a big difference. Vegetarians just dont eat meat (of any kind, ppl who eat chicken lol are not vegetarians), in my opinion to be vegetarian should also include fish as theyre also living beings.

A Vegan however, in addition to not eating meat, doesnt eat any dairy products or produce from animals so no milk, eggs, cheese etc, and also no honey (come from bees so shouldnt eat it), and they also tend not to wear leather products.
Vegetarians sometimes dont wear leather either but it tends to be vegans that include this more, as they tend to be much more into the diet for ethical reasons and so extend it beyone eating to their lifestyle. Whereas you get some vegetarians who stick to their diet due to thinking its healthier (these tend to be the ppl who claim to be vegetarian whilst eating chicken and fish lol).

Answer 6

Yes. there is a difference.
Vegetarians don't eat meat at all.
That means beef, chicken, pork and fish.
Now some vegetarians do eat cheese, and dairy and some don't.
It depends on the person.

Vegans on the other hand don't eat anything that comes from an animal.
That means all meat products, dairy.
They also don't wear anything or use anything that is made from/with animal products.

I hope this helped!!

Answer 7

Vegetarians dont eat meat...vegans dont eat any animal products, like cheese eggs or milk.

Answer 8

Vegetarians do not eat meat, but vegans are more extreme because they do not eat an by-products of animals such as milk or consume animal products of any kind.

Answer 9

vegetarians don't eat meat or fish but eat dairy products such as milk, cheese, choloates and eggs. Vegans eat only fruit and veg products, nothing that comes from an animal,.

Answer 10

vegetarian
noun [C] (UK INFORMAL veggie)
a person who does not eat meat for health or religious reasons or because they want to avoid cruelty to animals:
Of the four million people who have become vegetarians in Britain, nearly two-thirds are women.

vegan
noun [C]
a person who does not eat or use any animal products, such as meat, fish, eggs, cheese or leather:
Vegans get all the protein they need from nuts, seeds, beans and cereals.