Mouse vs. Keyboard — What's the Difference?

A mouse, plural mice, is a small rodent. Characteristically, mice are known to have a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail, and a high breeding rate.

A panel of buttons used for typing and performing other functions on a computer or typewriter.

A small rodent that typically has a pointed snout, relatively large ears and eyes, and a long tail.

A row of levers that are depressed with the fingers to produce or modulate the sound of an instrument, such as a piano or organ.

A small handheld device which is moved across a mat or flat surface to move the cursor on a computer screen

Any of various instruments, played by means of a musical keyboard, often connected to a synthesizer or amplifier.

A lump or bruise on or near the eye

To set (copy) by means of a keyed typesetting machine

(of a cat or owl) hunt for or catch mice

To enter (text or data) into a computer by means of a keyboard.

Use a mouse to move or position a cursor on a computer screen

(Music) To play (a composition) on a piano or keyboard.

Any of numerous small rodents of the families Muridae and Cricetidae, such as the house mouse, characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, and a long naked or almost hairless tail.

A set of keys used to operate a typewriter, computer etc.

Any of various similar or related animals, such as the jumping mouse, the vole, or the jerboa.

(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.

A cowardly or timid person.

(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

(Informal) A discolored swelling under the eye caused by a blow; a black eye.

(intransitive) To type on a computer keyboard.

Pl. mice or mous·es (mousĭz) Computers A handheld, button-activated input device that when rolled along a flat surface directs an indicator to move correspondingly about a computer screen, allowing the operator to move the indicator freely, as to select operations or manipulate text or graphics.

The whole arrangement, or one range, of the keys{3} of an organ, piano, typewriter, etc.; that part of a device containing the keys{3} used to operate it.

To hunt mice.

Device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like

To search furtively for something; prowl.

Holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

(informal) A member of the many small rodent and marsupial species resembling such a rodent.

A quiet or shy person.

(computing) (plural mice or, rarely, mouses) An input device that is moved over a pad or other flat surface to produce a corresponding movement of a pointer on a graphical display.

(computing) The cursor.

(boxing) A facial hematoma or black eye.

(nautical) A turn or lashing of spun yarn or small stuff, or a metallic clasp or fastening, uniting the point and shank of a hook to prevent its unhooking or straightening out.

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

(set theory) A small model of (a fragment of) Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with desirable properties (depending on the context).

(historical) A small cushion for a woman's hair.

Part of a hind leg of beef, next to the round.

(intransitive) To move cautiously or furtively, in the manner of a mouse (the rodent) (frequently used in the phrasal verb to mouse around).

(intransitive) To hunt or catch mice (the rodents), usually of cats. 12

To close the mouth of a hook by a careful binding of marline or wire.

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Any one of numerous species of small rodents belonging to the genus Mus and various related genera of the family Muridæ. The common house mouse (Mus musculus) is found in nearly all countries. The American white-footed mouse, or deer mouse (Peromyscus leucopus, formerly Hesperomys leucopus) sometimes lives in houses. See Dormouse, Meadow mouse, under Meadow, and Harvest mouse, under Harvest.

A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

A familiar term of endearment.

A dark-colored swelling caused by a blow.

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

To watch for and catch mice.

To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something.

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails

A hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the mouse is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad;

To go stealthily or furtively;

Manipulate the mouse of a computer