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As adjectives the difference between technical and rat

is that technical is of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any academic, legal, science, engineering, business, or the like terminology with specific and precise meaning or (frequently, as a degree of distinction) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical while rat is .

As a noun technical

is a pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.

technical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts, or to any academic, legal, science, engineering, business, or the like terminology with specific and precise meaning or (frequently, as a degree of distinction) shades of meaning; specially appropriate to any art, science or engineering field, or business; as, the words of an indictment must be technical.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
  • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=4 citation , passage=Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […]}}
  • * 2006 , Asaf Darr, Selling Technology (page 94)
  • One example of the blurring of boundaries is the growing interdependence of social and technical skills. The sales engineers and the clients' engineers are all knowledge workers.
  • (of a person) Technically-minded; adept with science and technology.
  • Relating to technique.
  • The performance showed technical virtuosity, but lacked inspiration.
  • (securities and other markets) Relating to the internal mechanics of a market rather than more basic factors.
  • The market had a technical rally, due to an oversold condition.

    Coordinate terms

    * (securities and other markets) fundamental

    Derived terms

    * technicality * technical analysis * technical drawing * technical knockout * technical meaning * technical sense * technical term

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pickup truck with a gun mounted on it.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 2, author=Jeffrey Gettleman, title=After 15 Years, Someone’s in Charge in Somalia, if Barely, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=“Individuals or groups of people who have trucks mounted with antiaircraft guns, known as ‘technicals ,’ should bring those battlewagons to Mogadishu’s old port,” he said.}}
  • (basketball) A technical foul: a violation of sportsmanlike conduct, not involving physical contact.
  • A special move in certain fighting games that cancels out the effect of an opponent's attack.
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    rat

    English

    (wikipedia rat)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
  • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (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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