rodent vs rat

rodent and rat both are nouns.

rodent is not a verb while rat is a verb.

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

As nouns, rat is a hyponym of rodent; that is, rat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rodent:

rodent: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
rat: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

Other hyponyms of rodent include mouse, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, round-tailed muskrat, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood-rat, wood rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, hedgehog, porcupine, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, beaver, Aplodontia rufa, mountain beaver, sewellel, cavy, Dolichotis patagonum, mara, capibara, capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, Cuniculus paca, paca, mountain paca, coypu, Myocastor coypus, nutria, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, viscacha, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, mole rat, sand rat.

rodent (noun)	rat (noun)
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing	any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
	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

rodent (verb)	rat (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

Difference between rodent and rat

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