Barricade vs. Hedgehog

Barricade vs. Hedgehog — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Barricade and Hedgehog

Barricadenoun

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

Hedgehognoun

A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (pl=s, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)

Barricadenoun

An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.

Hedgehognoun

(US) Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.

Barricadenoun

A place of confrontation.

Hedgehognoun

A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.

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Barricadeverb

to close or block a road etc., using a barricade

Hedgehognoun

A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.

Barricadeverb

to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port

Hedgehognoun

(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.

Barricadenoun

a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

Hedgehognoun

A form of dredging machine.

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Barricadenoun

a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy);

they enemy stormed the barricade

Hedgehognoun

Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae

Barricadeverb

render unsuitable for passage;

block the waybarricade the streetsstop the busy road

Hedgehognoun

Medicago intertexta, the pods of which are armed with short spines.

Barricadeverb

prevent access to by barricading;

The street where the President lives is always barricaded

Hedgehognoun

Retzia capensis of South Africa.

Barricadeverb

block off with barricades

Hedgehognoun

A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.

Hedgehognoun

A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.

Hedgehogverb

(military) To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.

Hedgehogverb

To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.

Hedgehogverb

To curl up into a defensive ball.

Hedgehognoun

relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

Hedgehognoun

small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines