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brat | brad |

As nouns the difference between brat and brad

is that brat is a child (as a pejorative term); offspring while brad is a thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

As an acronym brat

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

As a proper noun Brad is

a diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford.

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
  • *
  • A rough cloak or ragged garment
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  • *
    • (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.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    brad

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  • * 1936 , Djuna Barnes, Nightwood , Faber & Faber 2007, p. 5:
    • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.
  • A , a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.

    • Derived terms

    * bradawl

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l) ----