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What is the difference between apron and brat?

apron | brat |

As nouns the difference between apron and brat

is that apron is an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills while brat is a child (as a pejorative term); offspring.

As an acronym brat is

b.R.A.T. - Born, Raised, And Transferred.

apron

English

Noun

(wikipedia apron) (en noun)
  • An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills.
  • A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
  • # The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
  • # The spreading end of a driveway.
  • # The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
  • # The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
  • # The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
  • The sides of a tree’s canopy.
  • The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
  • brat

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "brat" derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment"; probably the same word as (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.
  • Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.
  • a (w) or flatfish
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  • A rough cloak or ragged garment
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  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
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  • (Wright)
  • (obsolete) The young of an animal.
  • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from bratwurst, from the (etyl) Bratwurst

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • bratwurst
  • See also

    * English clippings

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
  • Etymology 4

    Acronym

  • (military) B.R.A.T. - Born, Raised, And Transferred.
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