But like the male mosquito, females feed only on nectar for their food source.
If I rephrase this sentence,
female mosquitoes are compared to male mosquitoes in feeding.
But I have a doubt that I can use "in feeding" instead of "food source".
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Why change a perfectly good sentence except for food source. Just food is fine. Nectar is their food, not their food source. Female mosquitoes feed on nectar in the same way as male mosquitoes.– LambieCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 14:56
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@Lambie I just want to know whether I can use "in feeding" for "to eat".– learnerCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 14:58
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with regard to feeding is in feeding, so yes. In feeding, mosquitoes and wasps are similar.– LambieCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 15:04
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1Do you mean to say that the food choices are comparable or that you compared them?– WRXCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 15:08
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1What @Willow Rex said. But since it seems they're actually the same (not just comparable, similar) it would be more natural to actually say that. and idiomatically most people would probably use something like feeding habits rather than the bare gerund feeding.– FumbleFingersCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 16:26
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You can always write :
Male mosquitoes differ from female mosquitoes in their choice of food.
The food source of male and female mosquitoes are compared.
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comparable works. The user used compared in his statement, so did I. Commented Feb 3, 2017 at 15:10
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It might be a regional thing, but to me they do not mean the same thing. I did ask the OP. In an experiment the two could be compared.– WRXCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 15:13
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The question is that I can use feeding in stead of food and the word "compared to" in stead of " similar to".– learnerCommented Feb 3, 2017 at 15:34
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