different between baitless vs batless

English

bait +? -less

baitless (not comparable)

Without bait.
- 1964, Georg Borgström, Japan's world success in fishing
  With baitless hooks, the catchers rely upon their speed and agility to flick the skipjack aboard as they snap at the glittering hooks.

bat +? -less

batless (not comparable)

(rare) Without bats (the winged mammals).
- 1986, John Sherry, Maggie's Farm
  He assured me that we would be batless by mid-afternoon. When I asked what would become of the bats, he got rather shifty and said that the cyanide would drive them from the house...

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