Apache vs. Tomcat — What's the Difference?

The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño and Janero), Salinero, Plains (Kataka or Semat or "Kiowa-Apache") and Western Apache (Aravaipa, Pinaleño, Coyotero, Tonto). Distant cousins of the Apache are the Navajo, with whom they share the Southern Athabaskan languages.

A male cat.

A member of a Native American people inhabiting the southwest United States and northern Mexico. Various Apache tribes offered strong resistance to encroachment on their territory in the latter half of the 19th century. Present-day Apache populations are located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

To be sexually active with more than one partner. Used of men.

Any of the Apachean languages of the Apache.

A tom, an intact male cat.

A member of the Parisian underworld.

To prowl for sexual gratification.

Alternative case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.

A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size.

Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

Male cat

A Parisian gangster

The language of the Apache people