Bait vs. Bat — What's the Difference?

Food placed on a hook or in a net, trap, or fishing area to entice fish or other animals as prey

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight.

Variant spelling of bate

An implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis

Deliberately annoy or taunt (someone)

A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.

Put bait on (a hook) or in (a trap, net, or fishing area) to entice fish or animals

A woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant

Food or other lure placed on a hook or in a trap and used in the taking of fish, birds, or other animals.

(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball

Something, such as a worm, used for this purpose.

Hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand

An enticement, temptation, or provocation

Flutter (one's eyelashes or eyelids), typically in a flirtatious manner

To place a lure in (a trap) or on (a fishing hook).

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

To set dogs upon (a chained animal, for example) for sport.

(Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.

To taunt or torment (someone), as with persistent insults or ridicule

A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.

To feed (an animal), especially on a journey.

The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.

To stop for food or rest during a trip.

Any of various nocturnal flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having membranous wings that extend from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail and anatomical adaptations for echolocation, by which they navigate and hunt prey.

Variant of bate2.

A binge; a spree.

Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

To hit with or as if with a bat.

Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.

To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat

Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something

To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length

(Geordie) A packed lunch.

To use a bat.

(East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.

To have a turn at bat.

(Northern England) A miner's packed meal.

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

A light or hasty luncheon.

To wink or flutter

(internet slang) A post intended to get a rise out of others.

Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

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(derogatory) An old woman.

(transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.

A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.

(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.

A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.

(transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.

(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

(transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

(intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.

A part of a brick with one whole end.

(intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

A stroke of work.

(MLE) Obvious; blatant.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

(MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.

A spree; a jollification.

Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.

A rough walking stick.

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

A light or hasty luncheon.

(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.

(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.

To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.

(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.

To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.

(transitive) To flutter

To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.

To wink.

To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Anything that serves as an enticement

To flit quickly from place to place.

Something used to lure victims into danger

A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

Harass with persistent criticism or carping;

In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.

Lure, entice, or entrap with bait

A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

Attack with dogs or set dogs upon

A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.

Shale or bituminous shale.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

A stroke of work.

Rate of motion; speed.

A spree; a jollification.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

One of the Chiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Chiroptera and Vampire.

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball; when used with a numerical postmodifier it indicates a baseball player's performance (as a decimal) at bat; as, he batted .270 in 1993 (i.e. he got safe hits in 27 percent of his official turns at bat).

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To wink.

Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

(baseball) a turn batting;

A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

A bat used in playing cricket

A club used for hitting a ball in various games

Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

Wink briefly;

Have a turn at bat;

Use a bat;

Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;