The difference between Bat and Crop
When used as nouns, bat means any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation, whereas crop means a plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
When used as verbs, bat means to hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat, whereas crop means to remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bat and Crop
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Bat as a noun:
Any of the small, nocturnal, flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, which navigate by means of echolocation.
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Bat as a noun (derogatory):
An old woman.
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Bat as a noun:
A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
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Bat as a noun:
A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
Examples:
"You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?"
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Bat as a noun (two-up):
The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
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Bat as a noun (mining):
Shale or bituminous shale.
Examples:
"rfquotek Kirwan"
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Bat as a noun:
A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
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Bat as a noun:
A part of a brick with one whole end.
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Bat as a noun:
A stroke; a sharp blow.
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Bat as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):
A stroke of work.
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Bat as a noun (informal):
Rate of motion; speed.
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Bat as a noun (US, slang, dated):
A spree; a jollification.
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Bat as a noun (UK, Scotland, dialect):
Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
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Bat as a verb (transitive):
To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
Examples:
"He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack."
"We batted a few ideas around."
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Bat as a verb (intransitive):
To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
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Bat as a verb (intransitive):
To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
Examples:
"The cat batted at the toy."
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Bat as a verb (transitive):
To flutter: bat one's eyelashes.
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Bat as a verb (US, UK, dialect):
To wink.
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Bat as a verb (UK, dialect, obsolete):
To bate or flutter, as a hawk.
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Bat as a noun (obsolete):
A packsaddle.
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Bat as a noun:
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Crop as a noun (agriculture):
A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be harvested as food, livestock fodder or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
Examples:
"the farmer had lots of crops to sell at the market"
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Crop as a noun:
The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
Examples:
"it was a good crop that year"
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Crop as a noun:
A group, cluster or collection of things occurring at the same time.
Examples:
"a crop of ideas"
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Crop as a noun:
A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease
Examples:
"Like in chicken pox."
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Crop as a noun:
The lashing end of a whip
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Crop as a noun:
An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
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Crop as a noun:
A rocky outcrop.
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Crop as a noun:
The act of cropping.
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Crop as a noun:
A short haircut.
Examples:
"she kept her hair cropped"
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Crop as a noun (anatomy):
A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.
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Crop as a noun (architecture):
The foliate part of a finial.
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Crop as a noun (archaic, or, dialect):
The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
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Crop as a noun (mining):
Tin ore prepared for smelting.
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Crop as a noun (mining):
Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To remove the outer parts of a photograph or image in order to frame the subject better.
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Crop as a verb (intransitive):
To yield harvest.
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Crop as a verb (transitive):
To cause to bear a crop.
Examples:
"to crop a field"