different between rodent vs scavenger
rodent
English
Alternative forms
- rodente (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin r?d?ns, r?d?nt- (“gnawer; one who gnaws”), present participle of r?d? (“I gnaw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????d?nt/
Noun
rodent (plural rodents)
- A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
- (dated, bulletin board system slang, leetspeak, derogatory) A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence; lamer. [mid 1980s-mid 1990s]
Synonyms
- gnawer
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:rodent
Translations
Adjective
rodent (not comparable)
- Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
See also
- agouti
- beaver
- capybara
- chinchilla
- chipmunk
- Count Branicki's mouse
- coypu
- dormouse
- gerbil
- gopher
- guinea pig
- hamster
- jerboa
- marmot
- mole rat
- mouse
- nutria
- paca
- pacarana
- porcupine
- prairie dog
- rat
- springhare
- squirrel
- viscacha
Anagrams
- dentro, dronte, torend
French
Verb
rodent
- third-person plural present indicative of roder
- third-person plural present subjunctive of roder
Anagrams
- dorent, dronte, endort, tondre
Latin
Verb
r?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of r?d?
rodent From the web:
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scavenger
English
Alternative forms
- skavenger (obsolete)
Etymology
Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauw?n (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English s??awung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?skæv.?n.d??(?)/
Noun
scavenger (plural scavengers)
- Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
- An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion.
- (Britain, obsolete) A street sweeper.
- (Britain, historical) A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill.
- (chemistry) A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
scavenger (third-person singular simple present scavengers, present participle scavengering, simple past and past participle scavengered)
- (archaic) To scavenge.
- (archaic) To clean the rubbish from a street, etc.
Further reading
- scavenger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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