The difference between Hedgehog and Urchin

When used as nouns, hedgehog means a small mammal, of the family erinaceidae or subfamily erinaceinae (, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.), whereas urchin means a mischievous child.


Hedgehog is also verb with the meaning: to make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.

check bellow for the other definitions of Hedgehog and Urchin

  1. Hedgehog as a noun:

    A small mammal, of the family Erinaceidae or subfamily Erinaceinae (, the latter characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked.)

  2. Hedgehog as a noun (US):

    Any of several spiny mammals, such as the porcupine, that are similar to the hedgehog.

  3. Hedgehog as a noun:

    A type of moveable military barricade made from crossed logs or steel bars, laced with barbed wire, used to damage or impede tanks and vehicles; Czech hedgehog.

  4. Hedgehog as a noun (informal, military, historical):

    A spigot mortar-type of depth charge weapon from World War II that simultaneously fires a number of explosives into the water to create a pattern of underwater explosions intended to attack submerged submarines.

  5. Hedgehog as a noun (Australia):

    A type of chocolate cake (or slice), somewhat similar to an American brownie.

  6. Hedgehog as a noun:

    A form of dredging machine.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  7. Hedgehog as a noun:

    Certain flowering plants with parts resembling a member of family Erinaceidae , the pods of which are armed with short spines. of South Africa.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Loudon"

  8. Hedgehog as a noun:

    A kind of electrical transformer with open magnetic circuit, the ends of the iron wire core being turned outward and presenting a bristling appearance.

  9. Hedgehog as a noun:

    A way of serving food at a party, consisting of a half melon or potato etc. with individual cocktail sticks of cheese and pineapple stuck into it.

  1. Hedgehog as a verb (military):

    To make use of a hedgehog barricade as a defensive maneuver.

  2. Hedgehog as a verb:

    To array with spiky projections like the quills of a hedgehog.

  3. Hedgehog as a verb:

    To curl up into a defensive ball.

  1. Urchin as a noun:

    A mischievous child.

  2. Urchin as a noun:

    A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.

  3. Urchin as a noun (archaic):

    A hedgehog.

  4. Urchin as a noun:

    A sea urchin.

  5. Urchin as a noun:

    A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form of a hedgehog.

  6. Urchin as a noun:

    One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  7. Urchin as a noun (historical):

    A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.

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