Being vegetarian myself ( Buddhism ) the divisions are usually as follows:
Vegan:
No meat, nothing derived from an animal ( food additives. Very hard to keep track of. ), nothing obtained from an animal ( Milk, cheese, eggs ). May not be able to understand irony of still wearing leather shoes.
Vegetarian:
No meat but may still eat dairy products in a lot of cases. ( May call themselves lacto-vegetarians if particularly snooty/anal. )
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian:
No meat but eats eggs and dairy. You won't hear this term often unless you directly ask someone. If you do hear without asking they're probably trying to act "special".
There's no real category for "still eats seafood" since that completely defeats the point. If they still eat seafood I would submit they're just calling themselves vegetarians because it makes them feel special. ;p
Vegan:
No meat, nothing derived from an animal ( food additives. Very hard to keep track of. ), nothing obtained from an animal ( Milk, cheese, eggs ). May not be able to understand irony of still wearing leather shoes.
Vegetarian:
No meat but may still eat dairy products in a lot of cases. ( May call themselves lacto-vegetarians if particularly snooty/anal. )
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian:
No meat but eats eggs and dairy. You won't hear this term often unless you directly ask someone. If you do hear without asking they're probably trying to act "special".
There's no real category for "still eats seafood" since that completely defeats the point. If they still eat seafood I would submit they're just calling themselves vegetarians because it makes them feel special. ;p
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