Shrew vs. Bat — What's the Difference?

Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla. True shrews are not to be confused with treeshrews, otter shrews, elephant shrews, West Indies shrews, or marsupial shrews, which belong to different families or orders.

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

A small insectivorous mammal resembling a mouse, with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes.

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 bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman

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

Any of various small, chiefly insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, resembling a mouse but having a long pointed snout and small eyes and ears. Also called shrewmouse.

A woman regarded as unattractive or unpleasant

A woman regarded as an ill-tempered scold or nag.

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

Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae (order Soricomorpha).

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

Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews (order Soricomorpha).

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

(pejorative) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

A stout wooden stick; a cudgel.

To beshrew; to curse.

A blow, such as one delivered with a stick.

Wicked; malicious.

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

Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.

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

Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidæ. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.

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

To beshrew; to curse.

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 scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

A binge; a spree.

Small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

To hit with or as if with a bat.

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

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

(Informal) To discuss or consider at length

To use a bat.

To have a turn at bat.

(Slang) To wander about aimlessly.

To wink or flutter

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

(derogatory) An old woman.

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

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

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

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

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

A part of a brick with one whole end.

A stroke; a sharp blow.

A stroke of work.

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

A spree; a jollification.

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

A rough walking stick.

(obsolete) A packsaddle.

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

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

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

(transitive) To flutter

To wink.

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

To flit quickly from place to place.

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.

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

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

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;