Cog vs Rat - What's the difference?
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(label) A ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull.
*, Bk.V, Ch.iv:
*:As the Kynge was in his cog and lay in his caban, he felle in a slumberyng.
A tooth on a gear
A gear; a cogwheel
An unimportant individual in a greater system.
* 1976, Norman Denny (English translation),
* 1988,
(carpentry) A projection or tenon at the end of a beam designed to fit into a matching opening of another piece of wood to form a joint.
(mining) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.
To furnish with a cog or cogs.
to load (a die) so that it can be used to cheat
to cheat; to play or gamble fraudulently
* Jonathan Swift
To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.
* Shakespeare
To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; to palm off.
* J. Dennis
(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
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, title= (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
(informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
(informal) An informant or snitch.
(slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
Scab.
Vagina.
A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.
To kill rats.
As nouns the difference between cog and rat
is that cog is a ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull while rat is a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.As verbs the difference between cog and rat
is that cog is to furnish with a cog or cogs while rat is to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.cog
English
(wikipedia cog)Etymology 1
From (etyl) cogge, from (etyl) kogge, cogghe (modern kogge), from (etyl) . See below.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) cogge, from (etyl) (compare (etyl) . The meaning of “cog” in carpentry derives from association with a tooth on a cogwheel.Noun
(en noun)- ‘There are twenty-five of us, but they don’t reckon I’m worth anything. I’m just a cog in the machine.’
- Your boss tells you “take initiative,” you best guess right—and you do , then you get no credit. Day-in, … smiling, smiling, just a cog .
Derived terms
* cog jointVerb
(cogg)Etymology 3
Uncertain origin. Both verb and noun appear first in 1532.Verb
(cogg)- For guineas in other men's breeches, / Your gamesters will palm and will cog .
- I'll cog their hearts from them.
- to cog in a word
- Fustian tragedies have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces.
Etymology 4
From (etyl) coggeAlternative forms
* coguerat
English
(wikipedia rat)Noun
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- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
Synonyms
* (person known for betrayal) traitor (see for more synonyms ) * (informer) stool pigeonDerived terms
* black rat * brown rat * desert rat * give a rat's ass * * like rats from a sinking ship * love rat * mall rat * ratface * ratfink * ratter * rat race * rattail * ratty * rat's nest * rat-trap * ring rat * smell a rat * gym ratSee also
* mouse * rodentVerb
(ratt)- He ratted on his coworker.
- He is going to rat us out!
