The difference between Brat and Pagan

When used as nouns, brat means a child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish, whereas pagan means a person not adhering to an abrahamist religion.


Pagan is also adjective with the meaning: relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-abrahamist religions (i.e. not christianity, judaism, or islam), especially earlier polytheism.

check bellow for the other definitions of Brat and Pagan

  1. Brat as a noun (pejorative, _, slang):

    A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.

    Examples:

    "Get that little brat away from me!"

  2. Brat as a noun (slang):

    A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.

    Examples:

    "an army brat"

  3. Brat as a noun:

    a or flatfish

  4. Brat as a noun (historic):

    A rough cloak or ragged garment

  5. Brat as a noun (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect):

    A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wright"

  6. Brat as a noun (obsolete):

    The young of an animal.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek L'Estrange"

  1. Brat as a noun (informal):

    bratwurst

  1. Brat as a noun (mining):

    A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

  1. Brat as a noun (military):

  1. Pagan as an adjective:

    Relating to, characteristic of or adhering to non-Abrahamist religions (i.e. not Christianity, Judaism, or Islam), especially earlier polytheism.

    Examples:

    "Many converted societies transformed their pagan deities into saints."

  2. Pagan as an adjective (by extension, pejorative):

    Savage, immoral, uncivilized, wild.

  1. Pagan as a noun:

    A person not adhering to an Abrahamist religion; a follower of a pantheistic or nature-worshipping religion.

    Examples:

    "This community has a surprising number of pagans."

  2. Pagan as a noun (by extension, pejorative):

    An uncivilized or unsocialized person.

  3. Pagan as a noun (by extension, pejorative):

    An unruly, badly educated child.