Bat vs. Rat — What's the Difference?

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

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus Rattus.

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

A rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.

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

A despicable person, especially a man who has been deceitful or disloyal

A woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant

A person who is associated with or frequents a specified place

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

A pad used to give shape and fullness to a woman's hair.

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

Used to express mild annoyance or irritation.

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

Hunt or kill rats

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

Desert one's party, side, or cause

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

Shape (hair) with a rat.

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

Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus.

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

Any of various animals similar to one of these long-tailed rodents.

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

A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.

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.

A scab laborer.

A binge; a spree.

A pad of material, typically hair, worn as part of a woman's coiffure to puff out her own hair.

To hit with or as if with a bat.

(Slang) A person who frequently passes time at a particular place. Often used in combination

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

To hunt for or catch rats, especially with the aid of dogs.

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

(Slang) To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about someone, especially to a person in authority

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length

(Slang) To work as a scab laborer.

To use a bat.

To puff out (the hair) with or as if with a pad of material.

To have a turn at bat.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

(informal) Any of the numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) that resemble true rats in appearance, usually having a pointy snout, a long, bare tail, and body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.

To wink or flutter

(informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.

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

(informal) An informant or snitch.

(derogatory) An old woman.

(informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.

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

(slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.

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

A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.

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

A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

Vagina.

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

(regional) A scratch or a score.

A part of a brick with one whole end.

A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

(usually with “on” or “out”) To betray a person or party, especially by telling their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.

A stroke of work.

To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

(of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.

A spree; a jollification.

(regional) To scratch or score.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

To tear, rip, rend.

A rough walking stick.

Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

One of several species of small rodents of the genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat, (Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in Rattus rattus). These were introduced into America from the Old World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus.

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

A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.

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

One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.

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

In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.

(transitive) To flutter

To catch or kill rats.

To wink.

To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an associate); to squeal; - used commonly in the phrase to rat on.

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

To flit quickly from place to place.

Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

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.

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;

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

One who reveals confidential information in return for money

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

A pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

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

Desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

Shale or bituminous shale.

Employ scabs or strike breakers in

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Take the place of work of someone on strike

A stroke of work.

Give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

Rate of motion; speed.

Catch rats, especially with dogs

A spree; a jollification.

Give away information about somebody;

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;