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minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoAren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNo, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
minus-squarecredo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI saw both links pop up as well. I opted to go with the first, standard, book— webster’s instead of cherry picking. The problem is, both meanings are correct. However, the “troublesome” definition is primary… and look at the example given: 1 to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner shark-infested waters 2 to live in or on as a parasite
Aren’t infestations about something that wasn’t there before and doesn’t actually belong there?
No, it is about their presence being wanted or not. I don’t want to go to a swamp because is infested with mosquitoes for example, mosquitoes were always there.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infestation
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/infest
I saw both links pop up as well. I opted to go with the first, standard, book— webster’s instead of cherry picking.
The problem is, both meanings are correct. However, the “troublesome” definition is primary… and look at the example given:
1 to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
shark-infested waters
2 to live in or on as a parasite