The difference between Badger and Cete
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 cete means a cetacean.
Badger is also verb with the meaning: to pester, to annoy persistently.
check bellow for the other definitions of Badger and Cete
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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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Cete as a noun (rare):
A cetacean.
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Cete as a noun (obsolete):
A company of badgers.