Squirrel vs Hedgehog - What's the difference?
squirrel | hedgehog |
Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.
(Scientology, often, disparaging) A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
A small mammal, of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.
A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.
The nickname for a spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.
(Australia) A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.
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* 2008 , Lili Wilkinson, The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend ,
* 2009 , , The Skull: Informers, Hit Men and Australia's Toughest Cop ,
A form of dredging machine.
* 1868 , "Dredging," article in Charles Tomlinson (editor), Cyclopædia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering , Volume 1,
The flowering plant , the pods of which are armed with short spines.
As nouns the difference between squirrel and hedgehog
is that squirrel is any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail while hedgehog is a small mammal, of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by its spiny back and by its habit of rolling itself into a ball when attacked.As a verb squirrel
is to store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use.squirrel
English
(wikipedia squirrel)Noun
(Sciuridae) (en noun)Derived terms
* gray squirrel * red squirrelUsage notes
* In addition to the single-L forms (m) and (m) given above, the less-common double-L forms (m) and (m) are also attested in UK usage.Derived terms
* *hedgehog
English
(wikipedia hedgehog)Noun
(en noun)page 145,
- There are hedgehogs with sultanas as well as breadcrumbs, carrot cakes and fruitcakes and banana walnut loaves.
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- I am so flustered that I order a vanilla slice instead of hedgehog .
page 199,
- His wife had made a hedgehog cake and he offered some but Murphy refused – his mouth was so dry with terror he couldn?t swallow.
- (Knight)
page 520,
- The first machines merely loosened, but did not raise the stuff, a scouring being afterwards effected by means of sluices. These machines consisted of large bars or prongs placed vertically in a frame, and being fastened to a barge placed in the line of the sluices, the whole was inpelled forward by the current, thereby scouring the bed. Such a machine, called a hedgehog , is still used in Lincolnshire.
- (Loudon)