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Rat vs Wererat - What's the difference?

rat | wererat |

As nouns the difference between rat and wererat

is that rat is a medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus while wererat is a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat.

As a verb rat

is to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.

rat

English

(wikipedia rat)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
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  • (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)
    • He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
  • (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.
    • Synonyms
    * (person known for betrayal) traitor (see for more synonyms ) * (informer) stool pigeon
    Derived 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 rat
    See also
    * mouse * rodent

    Verb

    (ratt)
  • To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.
    • He ratted on his coworker.
    He is going to rat us out!
  • To kill rats.
    • Synonyms
    * (to betray someone to an authority) tell on, to finger or "put the finger on", bewray

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    wererat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (fiction) A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat.
  • * 2006 , Christine Warren, Wolf at the Door: A Novel of The Others , page 205
    • The only other animal he'd seen hadn't been an animal at all, but a wererat who had given him a curious look before darting away into an alley.

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