As nouns the difference between grasshopper and beetle
is that
grasshopper is a herbivorous insect of the order orthoptera noted for its ability to jump long distances while
beetle is any of numerous species of insect in the order coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest or
beetle can be a type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
As a verb beetle is
to move away quickly, to scurry away or
beetle can be to loom over; to extend or jut or
beetle can be to beat with a heavy mallet.
As an adjective beetle is
protruding, jutting, overhanging (as in
beetle brows ).