Grasshopper vs Roach - What's the difference?
grasshopper | roach |
A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.
A cocktail made with and optionally with creme de cacao.
(figuratively) a young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent
* 2009 , B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant , November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:
In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
A small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae ), .
(US) A cockroach.
(US, slang, smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
(UK, slang, smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
(nautical) An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.
As a noun grasshopper
is a herbivorous insect of the order orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances.As a proper noun roach is
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English
(wikipedia grasshopper)Noun
(en noun)- Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.
- (Grove)
