These recent years, many people had been saying that they are going vegan or had gone vegan, and had been practicing to be a vegan and so on. However, for people who do not look into this thing, they probably don’t even know the difference between vegetarian and vegan. Sure, they do sound like similar things, but they do have a vast difference between them. Here are some things you should know about vegetarians and vegans.

1, Food.

一，食物。

Vegetarian: Mostly do not consume meat.

素食者：大多数不食用肉类。

Vegetarians are known by people that they do not consume meat, but they are still able to take in animal products, such as milk, eggs, yogurt and so on. However, there are certain types of vegetarian that do take meat, such as only taking seafood (including fish), or only eating chicken out of all the other kinds of meat.

Vegan: Do not consume meat and animal products.

素食主义者：完全不食用肉类和动物的制品。

Vegans strictly do not consume meat, not even products of animals. They do not eat all kinds of meat, even the products of the animals, like eggs, milk and so on. With the increase in popularity of veganism, more products out there are processed to satisfy the needs of vegans. Vegans have to make sure that any food that they are consuming does not contain any of the animal products. 

2, Types.

二，种类。

Vegetarian: Divided into different types.

素食者：分成几个种类。

As mentioned in the point above, vegetarians are separated into several types. 

    -Pesce-vegetarian (do not consume meat, only consume seafood, eggs and dairy products)

    -Lacto-vegetarian (do not consume meat, seafood and eggs, only consume dairy products)

-Ovo-vegetarian (do not consume meat, seafood and dairy products, only consume eggs)

-Lacto-ovo-vegetarian (do not consume meat and seafood, only consume eggs and dairy products)

Vegan: Only one type.

素食主义者：只有一种。

There is only one kind of vegan, whom all of them share the same kind of diet. They do not consume all types of meats and the products of any kind of animals.

3, Products.

三，用品。

Vegetarian: No restriction on products.

素食者：没有限制。

There is no restriction of the products that can be used by vegetarians. They are able to use any products even if they contain any products of animals, such as milk in shampoo, and they can also consume any food as long as they do not contain food that they do not eat, excluding animals' products, such as eating cakes with eggs as part of the recipe.

Vegan: Strictly no usage of products with animal products.

素食主义者：不能使用有动物关系的用品。

Vegans are very particular about the products they use, and they have to make sure that none of the products they use contain any substances that come from an animal. This doesn’t just limit to liquid products (such as soap and skincare products), but things like clothing, bags or accessories should not be made of animals as well.

These are just some of the differences between vegetarian and vegans, in a very brief summary. If you are interested in learning about vegetarianism or veganism, solely reading this article wouldn’t work, and you would need to go deeper into research to get more information. Either way, it is important to respect what other people belief in and never belittle others of their eating habits and lifestyle.

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*Disclaimer: The writer is not an expert, a nutritionist or a dietician of any kind. The information given is all dependent on the research she had done and are considered to be appropriate to be up on this list. If you have any allergies towards these foods, or had any unpleasant history with the food mentioned, then please omit them completely. The writer would not be responsible for any medical issues that would happen due to the extracted information shown.