mouse vs rodent

rodent vs mouse

mouse and rodent both are nouns.

mouse is a verb but rodent is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mouse	Yes	No	Yes	No
rodent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rodent is a hypernym of mouse; that is, rodent is a word with a broader meaning than mouse:

mouse: any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Other hypernyms of mouse include gnawer.

mouse (noun)	rodent (noun)
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails	relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
person who is quiet or timid
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye

mouse (verb)	rodent (verb)
manipulate the mouse of a computer
to go stealthily or furtively

Difference between mouse and rodent

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