Cat vs Kite - What's the difference?

As an adverb cat

is how much.

As an adjective cat

is how much.

As a noun kite is

a bird of prey of the family accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups: or kite can be the stomach; belly or kite can be (label) a weight-measure unit from ancient egypt, equivalent to 01 deben.

As a verb kite is

to fly a kite.

cat

English

(wikipedia cat)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) , (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en noun)

An animal of the family Felidae :

*2011 , Karl Kruszelnicki, Brain Food (ISBN 1466828129), page 53:

*:Mammals need two genes to make the taste receptor for sugar. Studies in various cats (tigers, cheetahs and domestic cats) showed that one of these genes has mutated and no longer works.

#A domesticated subspecies (Felis silvestris catus ) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.

#*:At twilight in the summer there is never anybody to fear—man, woman, or cat —in the chambers and at that hour the mice come out. They do not eat parchment or foolscap or red tape, but they eat the luncheon crumbs.

#Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, etc.

A catfish.

*1913 , (Willa Cather), :

*:She missed the fish diet of her own country, and twice every summer she sent the boys to the river, twenty miles to the southward, to fish for channel cat .

A person.

#(lb) A spiteful or angry woman.

#An enthusiast or player of jazz.

#*2008 , (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), "Hold on to Yourself":

#*:I turn on the radio / There's some cat on the saxophone / Laying down a litany of excuses

#(lb) A person (usually male).

#(lb) A prostitute.

(lb) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.

(Short form of) cat-o'-nine-tails.

*1839 , testimony by , recorded in the Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York (Assembly No. 335), page 44:

*:he used this '''cat''' on one other man, and then destroyed the ' cat wound with wire.

(lb) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer )

(lb) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").

The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").

#The trap of the game of "trap and ball".

A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.

*1969 , Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life (Holloway House Publishing):

*:"What the hell, so this broad's got a prematurely-gray cat ."

*2005 , Carolyn Chambers Sanders, Sins & Secrets (Hachette Digital):

*:As she came up, she tried to put her cat in his face for some licking.

*2007 , Franklin White, Money for Good (Simon and Schuster), page 64:

*:I had a notion to walk over to her, rip her apron off, sling her housecoat open and put my finger inside her cat to see if she was wet or freshly fucked because the dream I had earlier was beginning to really annoy me.

A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.

Synonyms

* ) * (any member of the family Felidae) felid * feline cat, a feline * pantherine cat, a pantherine * panther (i.e. tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard), (narrow sense) panther (i.e. black panther) * , "saber-toothed cat" (saber-tooth) * (domestic species) puss, pussy, malkin, kitty, pussy-cat, grimalkin * (man) bloke (qualifier), chap (British), cove (UK), dude, fellow, fella, guy * (spiteful woman) bitch * See also * See also

Hyponyms

* (domestic species) housecat, malkin, kitten, mouser, tomcat

Derived terms

* a cat may look at a king * all cats are grey in the dark, all cats are grey by night * alley cat * African golden cat * Andean cat * Asiatic golden cat * bay cat * black-footed cat * bobcat * barn cat * Burmese cat, Burmese * cat and mouse * cat box * cat food * cat that ate the canary, cat that swallowed the canary * cat in the meal-tub * cat in the sack * catbird * cat-block * cat-burglar * catcall * cat-eyed * caterwaul * catfish * cat-flap * cat-footed * cat got someone's tongue, cat got your tongue? * catgut * cat-harpin * cathead, cat-head * cat-house * cat-ice * catkin * cat-lap * cat-lick * catlike * catling * cat litter * catloaf * catly * catmint * cat-nap, cat nap, catnap * catnip * cat-o'-nine-tails * cat's cradle * cat's eye * cat's meat * cat's meow * cat's pajamas, the cat's pyjamas * cat's paw * cat scratch fever * cat state * cat's-tail * cat's whisker * cat's whiskers * cattish * catshit * cat-trap * catty * Caturday * catwalk, cat-walk * cat-witted * Chinese desert cat * copycat * curiosity killed the cat * domestic cat * fat cat * feral cat * fight like cats and dogs * fishing cat * flat-headed cat * Geoffroy's cat * housecat * it would make a cat laugh * jungle cat * lead a cat-and-dog life * leopard cat * let the cat out of the bag * like a cat in a strange garret * like a cat on hot bricks * like a cat on a hot tin roof * like herding cats * like the cat that got the cream * little spotted cat * lolcat * Maine Coon cat, Maine Coon * Manx cat, Manx * marbled cat * native cat * not enough room to swing a cat * Pallas cat * pampas cat * Persian cat, Persian * rain cats and dogs * reduced cat * Russian Blue cat, Russian Blue * rusty-spotted cat * sand cat * scaredy-cat * * Siamese cat, Siamese * spokescat * tabby cat, tabby * there's more than one way to skin a cat, there is more than one way to skin a cat * tom cat, tomcat * wait for the cat to jump * wildcat, wild cat * when the cat's away the mice will play

Verb

(catt)

(nautical) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.

(nautical) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

(slang) To vomit something.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of catamaran .

Noun

(en noun)

A catamaran.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of catenate .

Noun

(en noun)

(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to an output device.

Verb

(catt)

(computing) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).

To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target) usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.

Etymology 4

Possibly a shortened form of catastrophic.

Adjective

(-)

(Ireland, informal) terrible, disastrous.

The weather was cat , so they returned home early.

Usage notes

This usage is common in speech but rarely appears in writing.

Etymology 5

Shortened from methcathinone.

Noun

(-)

Etymology 6

Shortened from catapult.

Noun

(en noun)

(military, naval) A catapult.

a carrier's bow cats

References

Anagrams

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kite

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (l)

Noun

(en noun)

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae belonging to one of the following groups:

# Any bird of subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring.

# A bird of genus Elanus , having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering. Also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

A lightweight toy or other device carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

* {{quote-news, 1906, September 12, , Water Kites, Fairbanks Evening News, page=2 citation

, passage=The purpose of the water kite is to float beneath or beside the ship at a depth sufficient to insure safety.}}

(label) A quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair being consecutive.

(label) A fraudulent draft, such as a check one drawn on insufficient funds or with altered face value.

* {{quote-news, 1991, May 21, Alex Barnum, Suspect Named in Kiting Case, San Jose Mercury News citation

, passage= But she said, "if this was a kite , he didn't realize that you don't have the float time of the old days," which made check-kiting easier. }}

(label) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

* {{quote-book, 2002, Erin Sullivan, Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape, page=144-145 citation

, passage=Frequently a kite formation is created by one of the planets in the trine by its opposition to another planet, which allows expulsion and redirection of the pent-up energy associated with a closed circuit.}}

(label) An aircraft, or aeroplane.

* {{quote-book, 2004, Harry Foxley, Marking Time: An Account Of Ordinary Soldiering, page=133 citation

, passage=This time, the engine roared and the kite rocked against the brakes then sluggishly rolled down the strip.}}

A lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding-sail.

* {{quote-book, 1863, , 3= English Traits, page=33

, passage=Our good master keeps his kites up to the last moment, studding-sails alow and aloft, and, by incessant straight steering, never loses a rod of way.}}

A spinnaker.

A short letter.

(label) A rapacious person.

* Shakespeare

A fish, the brill.

Derived terms

{{der3, black kite , box kite , go fly a kite , high as a kite , kiteboarding , kite buggy , kite fishing , kite surfing , powerkite , stunt kite , yellow-billed kite}}

Verb

(kit)

To fly a kite.

To glide in the manner of a kite.

To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.

To toss or cast.

* {{quote-book, 1942, , Phantom Lady, page=189 citation

, passage=Lombard swung at the sweet pea he had dropped, caught it neatly with the toe of his shoe, and kited it upward with grim zest, as though doing that made him feel a lot better.}}

(label) To write a check on an account with insufficient funds, expecting that funds will become available by the time the check clears.

(label) To cause an increase, especially in costs.

(label) To keep ahead of (a pursuing monster or mob) in order to attack it repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

* {{quote-book, 2001, Juanita Jones, Everquest Player's Guide: Prima's Official Strategy Guide, page=87 citation

, passage=If you're pulling or kiting a creature and it aggros an innocent passer-by, it's your fault and you should apologize.}}

To deflect sideways in the water.

* {{quote-us-patent, 1973, Clarence K. Chatten, Weather Resistant Segmented Fairing for a Tow Cable, 3899991 citation

, passage=This column action causes the tow line to kite either to the port or the starboard side,

To send a short letter.

* {{quote-book, 1966, Rose Giallombardo, Society of Women: A Study of a Women's Prison citation

, passage=I have been working like a dam mule this morning and just found time to kite you.}}

To steal.

* {{quote-book, 1994, , The Shawshank Redemption, page=36 citation

, passage= Andy also kept a box of that in his cell, although he didn't get it from me — I imagine he kited it from the prison laundry.}}

(label) To hunt with a hawk.

(Francis Bacon)

Derived terms

* check kiting * kiter

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Possibly from (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)

The stomach; belly.

Etymology 3

Probably from Ancient Egyptian.

Noun

(kite)

(label) A weight-measure unit from Ancient Egypt, equivalent to 0.1 deben

Anagrams

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