As nouns the difference between cat and cavern
is that
cat is a domesticated subspecies,
felis silvestris catus , of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet {{defdate|from 8th c}} or
cat can be a catamaran or
cat can be {{context|computing|lang=en}} a ‘catenate’ program and command in unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device or
cat can be {{non-gloss definition|a street name of the drug methcathinone}} or
cat can be {{context|military|naval|lang=en}} a catapult while
cavern is a large cave.
As a verb cat
is {{context|nautical|lang=en}} to hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead or
cat can be {{context|transitive|computing|lang=en}} to apply the
cat command to (one or more files).
As a adjective cat
is {{context|ireland|informal|lang=en}} terrible, disastrous.