Cat vs. Bat — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cat and Bat
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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.
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera. With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight.
Cat
A small domesticated carnivorous mammal (Felis catus), kept as a pet and as catcher of vermin, and existing in a variety of breeds.
Bat
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 cricket bat
Cat
Any of various other carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae, including the lion, tiger, leopard, and lynx.
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Bat
A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.
Cat
(Informal) A woman who is regarded as spiteful.
Bat
A woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant
Some deranged old bat
Cat
A person, especially a man.
Bat
(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball
Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat
Cat
A player or devotee of jazz music.
Bat
Hit at (someone or something) with the flat of one's hand
He batted the flies away
Cat
A cat-o'-nine-tails.
Bat
Flutter (one's eyelashes or eyelids), typically in a flirtatious manner
She batted her long dark eyelashes at him
Cat
A catfish.
Bat
A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.
Cat
A cathead.
Bat
A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.
Cat
A device for raising an anchor to the cathead.
Bat
(Baseball) A rounded, often wooden club, wider and heavier at the hitting end and tapering at the handle, used to strike the ball.
Cat
A catboat.
Bat
A club used in cricket, having a broad, flat-surfaced hitting end and a distinct, narrow handle.
Cat
A catamaran.
Bat
The racket used in various games, such as table tennis or racquets.
Cat
To hoist an anchor to (the cathead).
Bat
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.
Cat
To look for sexual partners; have an affair or affairs
"catting around with every lady in sight" (Gore Vidal).
Bat
A binge; a spree.
Cat
An animal of the family Felidae:
Bat
To hit with or as if with a bat.
Cat
A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
Bat
To cause (a run) to be scored while at bat
Batted the winning run in with a double.
Cat
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
Bat
To have (a certain percentage) as a batting average.
Cat
A person:
Bat
(Informal) To discuss or consider at length
Bat an idea around.
Cat
(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
Bat
To use a bat.
Cat
An enthusiast or player of jazz.
Bat
To have a turn at bat.
Cat
(slang) A person (usually male).
Bat
(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.
Cat
(slang) A prostitute.
Bat
To wink or flutter
Bat one's eyelashes.
Cat
(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
Bat
Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
Cat
Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
Bat
(derogatory) An old woman.
Cat
(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel now only in "catboat".
Bat
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
Cat
The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
Bat
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?
Cat
The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
Bat
(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
Cat
(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
Bat
(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
Cat
A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
Bat
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
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.
Bat
A part of a brick with one whole end.
Cat
(historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
Bat
A stroke; a sharp blow.
Cat
(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
Bat
A stroke of work.
Cat
(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
Bat
(informal) Rate of motion; speed.
Cat
Abbreviation of catapult
A carrier's bow cats
Bat
A spree; a jollification.
Cat
Abbreviation of catalytic converter
Bat
Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Cat
Abbreviation of catamaran
Bat
A rough walking stick.
Cat
Abbreviation of category
Bat
(obsolete) A packsaddle.
Cat
Abbreviation of catfish
Bat
(transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.
We batted a few ideas around.
Cat
Abbreviation of caterpillar
Bat
(intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
Cat
(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
Bat
(intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
The cat batted at the toy.
Cat
A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
Bat
(transitive) To flutter
Bat one's eyelashes
Cat
Abbreviation of computed axial tomographyOften used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
Bat
To wink.
Cat
To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
Bat
To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
Cat
To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
Bat
To flit quickly from place to place.
I've spent all week batting around the country.
Cat
(slang) To vomit.
Bat
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.
Cat
To go wandering at night.
Bat
In badminton, tennis, and similar games, a racket.
Cat
To gossip in a catty manner.
Bat
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
Cat
To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
Bat
A part of a brick with one whole end; a brickbat.
Cat
To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
Bat
Shale or bituminous shale.
Cat
Catastrophic; terrible, disastrous.
The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
Bat
A stroke; a sharp blow.
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.
Bat
A stroke of work.
Cat
A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
Bat
Rate of motion; speed.
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.
Bat
A spree; a jollification.
Cat
An old game;
Bat
Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
Cat
Same as cat o' nine tails; as, British sailors feared the cat.
Bat
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.
Silent bats in drowsy clusters cling.
Cat
A catamaran.
Bat
To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat.
Cat
To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Bat
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).
Cat
Feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and being unable to roar; domestic cats; wildcats
Bat
To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
Cat
An informal term for a youth or man;
A nice guy
The guy's only doing it for some doll
Bat
To wink.
Cat
A spiteful woman gossip;
What a cat she is!
Bat
Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
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
Bat
(baseball) a turn batting;
He was at bat when it happened
He got 4 hits in 4 at-bats
Cat
A whip with nine knotted cords;
British sailors feared the cat
Bat
A small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
Cat
A large vehicle that is driven by caterpillar tracks; frequently used for moving earth in construction and farm work
Bat
A bat used in playing cricket
Cat
Any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
Bat
A club used for hitting a ball in various games
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
Bat
Strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;
Bat the ball
Cat
Beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails
Bat
Wink briefly;
Bat one's eyelids
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
Bat
Have a turn at bat;
Jones bats first, followed by Martinez
Bat
Use a bat;
Who's batting?
Bat
Beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;
We licked the other team on Sunday!
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