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

  1. 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).

  2. Badger as a noun:

    A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

  3. Badger as a noun (obsolete):

    A brush made of badger hair.

  4. 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.

  1. Badger as a verb:

    To pester, to annoy persistently.

    Examples:

    "He kept badgering her about her bad habits."

  2. Badger as a verb (British, informal):

    To pass gas; to fart.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. Barrack as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes

  3. Barrack as a noun (chiefly, in the plural):

    any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building

  4. Barrack as a noun (US, regional):

    A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

  5. Barrack as a noun (Ireland, colloquial, usually, in the plural):

    A police station.

  1. Barrack as a verb (transitive):

    To house military personnel; to quarter.

  2. Barrack as a verb (intransitive):

    To live in barracks.

  1. Barrack as a verb (British, transitive):

    To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

  2. Barrack as a verb (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive):

    To cheer for or support a team.