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Bobcat vs Bearcat - What's the difference?

bobcat | bearcat |

As nouns the difference between bobcat and bearcat

is that bobcat is a North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail while bearcat is a binturong, Arctictis binturong, related to civets.

bobcat

English

(wikipedia bobcat)

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus , having tufted ears and a short tail

    • Etymology 2

    Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a multi-purpose construction vehicle that is a akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin
    • See also
    * backhoe * backhoe loader * front-end loader * JCB

    bearcat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A binturong, Arctictis binturong , related to civets.

    • Synonyms

    * Asian bearcat, Palawan bearcat

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