Bat vs. Mouse

Bat vs. Mouse — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bat and Mouse

Batnoun

Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.

Mousenoun

Any small rodent of the genus Mus.

Batnoun

(offensive) An old woman.

Mousenoun

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

Batnoun

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

Mousenoun

A quiet or shy person.

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Batnoun

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

Mousenoun

(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.

Batnoun

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

Mousenoun

(boxing) Hematoma.

Batnoun

(mining) Shale or bituminous shale.

Mousenoun

(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.

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Batnoun

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

Mousenoun

(obsolete) A familiar term of endearment.

Batnoun

A part of a brick with one whole end.

Mousenoun

A match used in firing guns or blasting.

Batnoun

A stroke; a sharp blow.

Mousenoun

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

Batnoun

A stroke of work.

Mousenoun

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

Batnoun

(informal) Rate of motion; speed.

Mouseverb

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

Batnoun

A spree; a jollification.

Mouseverb

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

Batnoun

Manner; rate; condition; state of health.

Mouseverb

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

Captain Higgins moused the hook with a bit of marline to prevent the block beckets from falling out under slack.

Batnoun

(obsolete) packsaddle

Mouseverb

To navigate by means of a computer mouse.

Batverb

(transitive) to hit with a bat.

Mouseverb

To tear, as a cat devours a mouse.

Batverb

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

Mousenoun

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

Batverb

(intransitive) to strike or swipe as though with a bat

The cat batted at the toy.

Mousenoun

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;

a mouse takes much more room than a trackball

Batverb

(transitive) to flutter: bat one's eyelashes.

Mouseverb

to go stealthily or furtively;

..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

Batverb

To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Mouseverb

manipulate the mouse of a computer

Batverb

To wink.

Batnoun

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

Batnoun

(baseball) a turn batting;

he was at bat when it happenedhe got 4 hits in 4 at-bats

Batnoun

a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash

Batnoun

a bat used in playing cricket

Batnoun

a club used for hitting a ball in various games

Batverb

strike with, or as if with a baseball bat;

bat the ball

Batverb

wink briefly;

bat one's eyelids

Batverb

have a turn at bat;

Jones bats first, followed by Martinez

Batverb

use a bat;

Who's batting?

Batverb

beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;

We licked the other team on Sunday!