different between catamount vs bobcat

English

Etymology

Clipping of catamountain (“leopard, panther; ocelot; man living in the mountains”), from Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English cat of the mountain (“leopard, panther”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt?ma?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæt??ma?nt/, [-??-]
• Hyphenation: cat?a?mount

Noun

catamount (plural catamounts)

1. (US) A wild animal of the family Felidae, especially the cougar or puma (Puma concolor).
2. (obsolete) Synonym of catamountain (“a leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus)”).

Alternative forms

• catty-mount (Southern US, dialectal)

Related terms

• catawampus (possibly)

Translations

References

Further reading

• cougar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?bkæt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?bkæt/

Etymology 1

From bob (short hair; with reference to its tail) +? cat.

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

1. A North American wild cat, Lynx rufus, having tufted ears and a short tail.

Synonyms

(Lynx rufus):

• red lynx (rare)

Translations

Etymology 2

Genericization of the trademark Bobcat

Noun

bobcat (plural bobcats)

1. a multi-purpose construction vehicle, akin to a smaller version of a front-end loader or a backhoe (backhoe loader), with a one-man caged control cabin

See also

• backhoe
• backhoe loader
• front-end loader
• JCB