The difference between Badger and Barrack
When used as nouns, badger means any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family mustelidae: melinae (eurasian badgers), mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (american badger), whereas barrack means a building for soldiers, especially within a garrison.
When used as verbs, badger means to pester, to annoy persistently, whereas barrack means to house military personnel.
check bellow for the other definitions of Badger and Barrack
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Badger as a noun:
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (American badger).
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Badger as a noun:
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
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Badger as a noun (obsolete):
A brush made of badger hair.
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Badger as a noun (in the plural, obsolete, vulgar, cant):
A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
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Badger as a verb:
To pester, to annoy persistently.
Examples:
"He kept badgering her about her bad habits."
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Badger as a verb (British, informal):
To pass gas; to fart.
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Badger as a noun (obsolete):
An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
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Barrack as a noun (military, chiefly, in the plural):
A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
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Barrack as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes
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Barrack as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):
any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building
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Barrack as a noun (US, regional):
A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
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Barrack as a noun (Ireland, colloquial, usually, in the plural):
A police station.
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Barrack as a verb (transitive):
To house military personnel; to quarter.
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Barrack as a verb (intransitive):
To live in barracks.
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Barrack as a verb (British, transitive):
To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
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Barrack as a verb (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive):
To cheer for or support a team.