The difference between vegan and vegetarian is that a vegan does not use any animal products at all, while a vegetarian may use some animal products. For example, vegetarians may eat fish or poultry. Some vegetarians also eat eggs and dairy products. Vegans do not eat any animal product at all.
The main difference between a vegan and a vegetarian is that vegans do not consume anything that comes from animals, including meat, milk, eggs, and honey. Vegans also avoid wearing leather, wool or silk as well as using other products that come from animals such as cosmetics or cleaning products with by-products derived from animals such as tallow (which is used in soap).
Some vegetarians are ovo-lacto-vegetarians who limit the kinds of meat they consume but still eat eggs and dairy products. Others are lacto-vegetarians who limit themselves to dairy products but not eggs. Vegans are lacto-ovo-vegetarians who do not eat any animal products at all including dairy or eggs.
A vegetarian diet excludes all meat but allows for the consumption of fish and seafood. Some vegetarians may also include honey in their diets because bees are considered insects rather than mammals by some people.
Vegetarianism has been around for centuries; the first known vegetarian was the Greek philosopher Pythagoras in the sixth century BC. However, it wasn’t until the nineteenth century that vegetarianism became popular among the general public in Europe and North America.
