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Stoat vs Cabbage - What's the difference?

stoat | cabbage |

As nouns the difference between stoat and cabbage

is that stoat is , the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to eurasia and north america, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip while cabbage is an edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.

As a verb cabbage is

to form a head like that of the cabbage.

stoat

English

(wikipedia stoat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • , the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
  • * 1886 , Transactions of the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club , Volume 1, page 135,
  • I have never seen Stoats' hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and ' Stoats do so.
  • * 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence , page 272,
  • In 1953 it was reported that the stoat had increased to a high population level, but that the weasel introduced at the same time had disappeared (de Vos et al. 1956).
  • * 2005 , T. C. R. White, Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters , page 91,
  • European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.

    Synonyms

    * (Mustela erminea) ermine (especially when in white winter coat), short-tailed weasel (US)

    Anagrams

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    cabbage

    Noun

  • An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
  • (uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
  • Cabbage is good for you.
  • (countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
  • After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
  • * {{quote-book, title=, page=31,
  • by= ("Vishniovy sad"), passage=If you deceive me, Yasha, I don't know if my nerves could stand it. YASHA (kissing her) My little cabbage ! Of course, a girl must know her place.}}
  • (uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
  • (uncountable, slang) Money.
  • (uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
  • The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
  • The cabbage palmetto.
  • Synonyms

    * (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetable

    Verb

    (cabbag)
  • To form a head like that of the cabbage.
  • To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
  • * , chapter=8
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}

    Synonyms

    * (purloin) embezzle, pilfer, purloin, steal

    See also

    * brassica * broccoflower * broccoli * broccolini * Brussels sprouts * cabbage tree * cauliflower * Chinese cabbage * Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale * collard greens * kale * kohlrabi * sauerkraut * red cabbage