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Bran vs Brat - What's the difference?

bran | brat |

As nouns the difference between bran and brat

is that bran is the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain while brat is a child (as a pejorative term); offspring.

As an acronym brat is

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

bran

English

Noun

  • The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  • The European carrion crow.

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    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.
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    Etymology 2

    Shortened from bratwurst, from the (etyl) Bratwurst

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • bratwurst

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    * 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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