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hoarder vs pack rat

pack rat vs hoarder

hoarder and pack rat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hoarder Yes No No No
pack rat Yes No No No
As nouns, pack rat is a hyponym of hoarder; that is, pack rat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hoarder:
  • hoarder: a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
  • pack rat: someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Other hyponyms of hoarder include magpie, scavenger, miser, churl, niggard, scrooge, skinflint, penny pincher.
hoarder (noun) pack rat (noun)
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
Difference between hoarder and pack rat

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