The difference between Badger and Pester
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 pester means a bother or nuisance.
When used as verbs, badger means to pester, to annoy persistently, whereas pester means to bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
check bellow for the other definitions of Badger and Pester
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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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Pester as a verb (transitive):
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
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Pester as a noun:
A bother or nuisance.