Bee vs. Cat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bee and Cat
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Bee
Bees are insects with wings closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea.
Cat
The cat (Felis catus) is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is often referred to as the domestic cat to distinguish it from the wild members of the family.
Bee
Any of numerous winged, hairy-bodied, usually stinging hymenopteran insects of the superfamily Apoidea, including both solitary species and social species such as the honeybees, and characterized by sucking and chewing mouthparts for gathering nectar and pollen.
Cat
A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds.
Bee
A gathering that combines cooperative labor and social interaction or friendly competition
A quilting bee.
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Cat
Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, including the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
Bee
A competition in which contestants are eliminated one by one after failing to answer a question or solve a problem
A spelling bee.
Cat
(Informal) A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
Bee
A bee block.
Cat
A person, especially a man.
Bee
The letter b.
Cat
A player or devotee of jazz music.
Bee
A flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
Cat
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Bee
A contest, especially for spelling; see spelling bee.
Geography bee
Cat
A catfish.
Bee
A community gathering to share labour, e.g. a sewing bee or a quilting bee.
Cat
A cathead.
Bee
(obsolete) A ring or torque; a bracelet.
Cat
A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
Bee
Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.
Cat
A catboat.
Bee
Obsolete spelling of be
Cat
A catamaran.
Bee
(obsolete) be; been
Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee,
Cat
To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).
Bee
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidæ (the honeybees), or family Andrenidæ (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.
Cat
To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs
"catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).
Bee
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a husking bee; a raising bee.
The cellar . . . was dug by a bee in a single day.
Cat
An animal of the family Felidae:
Bee
Pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; - called also bee blocks.
Cat
A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
Bee
Any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
Cat
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
Bee
A social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
Cat
A person:
Cat
(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
Cat
An enthusiast or player of jazz.
Cat
(slang) A person (usually male).
Cat
(slang) A prostitute.
Cat
(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
Cat
Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
Cat
(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".
Cat
The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
Cat
The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
Cat
(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
Cat
A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
Cat
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
Cat
(historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
Cat
(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
Cat
(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
Cat
Abbreviation of catapult
A carrier's bow cats
Cat
Abbreviation of catalytic converter
Cat
Abbreviation of catamaran
Cat
Abbreviation of category
Cat
Abbreviation of catfish
Cat
Abbreviation of caterpillar
Cat
(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
Cat
A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
Cat
Abbreviation of computed axial tomographyOften used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
Cat
To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
Cat
To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Cat
(slang) To vomit.
Cat
To go wandering at night.
Cat
To gossip in a catty manner.
Cat
To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
Cat
To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
Cat
Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
Cat
Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae, and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis, Panthera, and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus). The larger felines, such as the lion, tiger, leopard, and cougar, are often referred to as cats, and sometimes as big cats. See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
Laying aside their often rancorous debate over how best to preserve the Florida panther, state and federal wildlife officials, environmentalists, and independent scientists endorsed the proposal, and in 1995 the eight cats [female Texas cougars] were brought from Texas and released. . . . Uprooted from the arid hills of West Texas, three of the imports have died, but the remaining five adapted to swamp life and have each given birth to at least one litter of kittens.
Cat
A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
Cat
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
Cat
An old game;
Cat
Same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat.
Cat
A catamaran.
Cat
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Cat
Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
Cat
An informal term for a youth or man;
A nice guy
The guy's only doing it for some doll
Cat
A spiteful woman gossip;
What a cat she is!
Cat
The leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant;
In Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults
Cat
A whip with nine knotted cords;
British sailors feared the cat
Cat
A large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
Cat
Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
Cat
A method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
Cat
Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
Cat
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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