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Lemming vs Marmot - What's the difference?

lemming | marmot |

As nouns the difference between lemming and marmot

is that lemming is a small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents while marmot is any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and genus: Cynomys in the squirrel family.

lemming

English

(wikipedia lemming) (Arvicolinae)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small Arctic and Subarctic rodent from any of six genera of similar rodents.
  • (figuratively) Any member of a group given to conformity or groupthink, especially a group poised to follow a leader off a cliff.

    • Derived terms

    * bog lemmings, spp. * collared lemmings, spp. * steppe lemming, * true lemmings, Lemmus spp. * wood lemming, * yellow steppe lemmings, spp.

    marmot

    English

    (wikipedia marmot)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and in the squirrel family.

    • Derived terms

    (marmot) * (Alaska marmot) * (alpine marmot) * (black-capped marmot) * (bobak marmot) * (gray marmot) * Himalayan marmot * hoary marmot * (long-tailed marmot) * (marmot squirrel) * (vern, Menzbier's marmot) * (olympic marmot) * (prairie marmot) * (tarbagan marmot) * (Vancouver marmot) * (yellow-bellied marmot)

    See also

    * groundhog * woodchuck ----