Mongoose vs. Badger

Mongoose and Badger Definitions
Mongoose
Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Herpestidae, native to Asia, Africa, and southern Europe and introduced elsewhere, having a slender agile body and a long tail, and noted for the ability to seize and kill venomous snakes.
Badger
Any of several carnivorous burrowing mammals of the family Mustelidae, such as Meles meles of Eurasia or Taxidea taxus of North America, having short legs, long claws on the front feet, and a heavy grizzled coat.
Mongoose
Any of several species of generalist predatory Carnivores in the family Herpestidae; the various species range in size from rats to large cats. The Indian mongoose is noted as a predator of venomous snakes, though other mongoose species have similar habits.
Badger
The fur or hair of any of these mammals.
Mongoose
Any species of pl=s; only distantly related to the Herpestidae, these are members of the family Eupleridae; they resemble mongooses in appearance and habits, but have larger ears and ringed tails.
Badger
Any of several similar mammals, such as the ratel.
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Mongoose
A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).
Badger
To ask or nag (someone) about something in an annoying and persistent way; pester
Badgered the boy into cleaning his room.
Mongoose
A Madagascan lemur (Lemur mongos).
Badger
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
Mongoose
Agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
Badger
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
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Badger
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
Badger
A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
Badger
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Badger
To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
Badger
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; - formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
Badger
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (Meles meles or Meles vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea taxus or Taxidea Americana or Taxidea Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.
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Badger
A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Badger
To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.
Badger
To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
Badger
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Badger
Annoy persistently;
The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Badger
Persuade through constant efforts