gnawer vs rodent what difference

what is difference between gnawer and rodent

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔər/

Etymology

gnaw +‎ -er

Noun

gnawer (plural gnawers)

1. One who gnaws.
   1. A rodent or other animal that gnaws.
      • 1839, Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, Chapter 7, [1]

        South America is characterized by possessing many peculiar gnawers […] .

      • 1947, Lloyd Glenn Ingles, Mammals of California, Stanford University Press, p. 182, [2]

        The Norway Rat is a good digger and a superb gnawer.

Translations

Anagrams

• Wagner, wanger

English

Alternative forms

• rodente (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin rōdēns, rōdēnt- (“gnawer; one who gnaws”), present participle of rōdō (“I gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊdənt/

Noun

rodent (plural rodents)

2. A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.
3. (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)

1. 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

1. third-person plural present indicative of roder
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of roder

Anagrams

• dorent, dronte, endort, tondre

Latin

Verb

rōdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of rōdō

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