Tyke vs Pest - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tyke and pest

is that tyke is a mongrel dog while pest is a plague, pestilence, epidemic.

is a dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.

(en noun)

(dialectal) A mongrel dog.

(slang) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one

# (Canadian) An initiation level of sports competition for young children

(dated, chiefly, British) A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

(UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman

(Australian, NZ, informal, derogatory) A Roman Catholic

*(mongrel dog) mongrel, mutt * ankle-biter, nipper, tot

(en noun)

(originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic

An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.

An annoying person.

(British, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.

Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

* (creature ) bug

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