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Rodent vs Raccoon - What's the difference?

rodent | raccoon |

As a verb rodent

is .

As a noun raccoon is

a nocturnal omnivore native to north america, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; procyon lotor .

rodent

English

(wikipedia rodent) {{picdic , image=Apodemus sylvaticus bosmuis.jpg , detail1= }}

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke
    • , title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents .}}

    Synonyms

    * gnawer

    Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    * agouti * beaver * capybara * chinchilla * chipmunk * Count Branicki's mouse * coypu * dormouse * gerbil * gopher * guinea pig * hamster * jerboa * marmot * mole rat * mouse * nutria * paca * pacarana * porcupine * prairie dog * rat * springhare * squirrel * viscacha

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    raccoon

    English

    (wikipedia raccoon)

    Alternative forms

    * racoon * rarowcun * r'coon (colloquial contraction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor .
  • * 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 64:
    • Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
  • * 2010 , Charlie Brooker, "Screen Burn", The Guardian , 3 Apr 2010:
    • Thus we're presented witha man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon , then bleeds to death in a forest.
  • Any mammal of the genus Procyon .
  • Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
  • Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.

    • Synonyms

    * (Procyon lotor) coon (colloquial), (common raccoon), (North American raccoon), northern raccoon

    Derived terms

    * coon * coon dog * coonhound * (Cozumel raccoon) * crab-eating raccoon * in a raccoon's age / in a coon's age * (pygmy raccoon) * (raccoon butterfly) * (raccoon butterflyfish), * raccoon dog * raccoon eyes