Difference between Rattler and Rattlesnake

What is the difference between Rattler and Rattlesnake?

Rattler as a noun is a rattlesnake. while Rattlesnake as a noun is any of various poisonous american snakes, of genera crotalus and sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

Rattler

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A rattlesnake. A freight train or, , a decrepit passenger train.

Rattlesnake

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of various poisonous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

Example sentence: It was the summer of 1968 or so, and Dad and my little brother were out camping. While up in the mountains, my brother was bitten by a rattlesnake. As they raced back to the base, my dad sucked out the venom and used his hands as a tourniquet and probably save his life, for it was a serious bite, and he was just a little kid.

We hope you now know whether to use Rattler or Rattlesnake in your sentence.

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