Difference between Blackleg and Rat

What is the difference between Blackleg and Rat?

Blackleg as a noun is fatal cattle disease caused by soil-borne bacteria. while Rat as a noun is any of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus rattus.

Blackleg

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Fatal cattle disease caused by soil-borne bacteria. A person who takes the place of striking workers. A scab. A person who cheats in a game, a cheater.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to a scab worker.

Rat

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.To kill rats.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus Rattus.A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel.An informant or snitchA person who routinely spends time at a particular location.A promiscuous person - often a young female - who attends sporting and other entertainment events, primarily to seek sexual liaisons with athletes, entertainers and/or others traveling with them; a groupie.Informer.ScabNorth West London slang term for Vagina, as in get your rat out.A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.

Example sentence: A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!

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