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wood rat vs packrat

packrat vs wood rat

wood rat and packrat both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wood rat Yes No No No
packrat Yes No No No
As nouns, packrat is a hyponym of wood rat; that is, packrat is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than wood rat:
  • wood rat: any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks)
  • packrat: any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
wood rat (noun) packrat (noun)
any of various small short-tailed rodents of the Northern Hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) any of several bushy-tailed rodents of the genus Neotoma of western North America; hoards food and other objects
a collector of miscellaneous useless objects
Difference between wood rat and packrat

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