rat vs rodent
rodent vs ratrat and rodent both are nouns.
rat is a verb but rodent is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rat | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| rodent | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
rodent is a hypernym of
rat; that is, rodent is a
word with a broader meaning than rat:
- rat: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Other hypernyms of rat include
gnawer.
| rat (noun) | rodent (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse | relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing |
| a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure | |
| a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | |
| someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | |
| one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority |
| rat (verb) | rodent (verb) |
|---|---|
| give away information about somebody | |
| catch rats, especially with dogs | |
| give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat | |
| desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage | |
| take the place of work of someone on strike | |
| employ scabs or strike breakers in |
Words related to "rat"
- Norway rat
- Oryzomys palustris
- Rattus norvegicus
- Rattus rattus
- bandicoot rat
- betray
- betrayer
- blabber
- black rat
- blackleg
- brown rat
- bum
- canary
- capture
- catch
- coif
- coiffure
- copper's nark
- crumb
- defect
- denounce
- depreciation
- derogation
- desert
- dirty dog
- disagreeable person
- disparagement
- do work
- employ
- engage
- fill out
- fink
- git
- give away
- gnawer
- grass
- hair style
- hairdo
- hairstyle
- hire
- industry
- inform
- informant
- informer
- jerboa rat
- lowlife
- manufacture
- mole rat
- nark
- pad
- pocket rat
- puke
- ratter
- ratting
- ratty
- rice rat
- rodent
- roof rat
- rotter
- scab
- scum bag
- scumbag
- sell someone out
- shit
- shop
- skunk
- sneak
- sneaker
- snitch
- snitcher
- so-and-so
- source
- squealer
- stag
- stinker
- stinkpot
- stool pigeon
- stoolie
- stoolpigeon
- strikebreaker
- supergrass
- tell on
- unpleasant person
- work
- worker
Words related to "rodent"
- Aplodontia rufa
- Chinchilla laniger
- Cuniculus paca
- Dasyprocta aguti
- Dolichotis patagonum
- Florida water rat
- Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
- Lagostomus maximus
- Myocastor coypus
- Neofiber alleni
- New World mouse
- Ondatra zibethica
- Rodentia
- Sigmodon hispidus
- abrocome
- agouti
- beaver
- capibara
- capybara
- cavy
- chinchilla
- chinchilla rat
- chinchillon
- cotton rat
- coypu
- dormouse
- eutherian
- eutherian mammal
- gerbil
- gerbille
- gnawer
- hamster
- hedgehog
- jerboa
- jumping mouse
- lemming
- mara
- marmot
- mole rat
- mountain beaver
- mountain chinchilla
- mountain paca
- mountain viscacha
- mouse
- murine
- muskrat
- musquash
- nutria
- order Rodentia
- paca
- placental
- placental mammal
- porcupine
- prairie dog
- prairie marmot
- rat
- rat chinchilla
- round-tailed muskrat
- sand rat
- sewellel
- squirrel
- viscacha
- water rat
- wood rat
- wood-rat
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