Badger vs Buffalo - What's the difference?
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A common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (American badger).
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(in the plural, obsolete, vulgar, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
to pester, to annoy persistently.
(British, informal) To pass gas; to fart.
(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.
Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, .
A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison .
A buffalo robe.
The buffalo fish.
To hunt buffalo.
(US, slang, transitive) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
(archaic) To pistol-whip.
As nouns the difference between badger and buffalo
is that badger is a common name for any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and subfamily: Taxideinae (American badger) while buffalo is any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, species: Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo species: Buabalus bubalis.As verbs the difference between badger and buffalo
is that badger is to pester, to annoy persistently while buffalo is to hunt buffalo.As a proper noun Buffalo is
a city in New York State, very near Niagara Falls.badger
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) , referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (native or resident of Wisconsin) WisconsiniteHolonyms
* (mammal) cete, colonyDerived terms
* American badger * European badger * ferret-badger * hog badger * honey badger * stink badgerSee also
* cete * meline * sett, set * (wikipedia) *Verb
- He kept badgering her about her bad habits.