Bleat vs Blat - What's the difference?
bleat | blat |
Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry.
(informal) Of a person, to complain.
To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.
To make a senseless noise.
To talk inconsiderately.
To produce an overrich or overblown sound on a brass instrument such as a trumpet, trombone, or tuba.
Connections; relationships; one's social or business network (in Russian or Soviet society).
As nouns the difference between bleat and blat
is that bleat is the characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat while blat is connections; relationships; one's social or business network in Russian or Soviet society.As verbs the difference between bleat and blat
is that bleat is of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry while blat is to cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat.bleat
English
Alternative forms
* (Scotland)Synonyms
* (sheep's cry ) baa, baaing, bleatingVerb
(en verb)- The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems.
Synonyms
* (1): baa * (2): kvetch (US''), moan, whinge (''British ), whineAnagrams
* * * ----blat
English
Etymology 1
Imitative. First attested in 1846.Verb
(blatt)Anagrams
*Etymology 2
(etyl)Noun
(-)- To open a new business in Russia you need blat .