Monkey vs. Baboon

Monkeynoun

Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.

Monkeynoun

(informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes.

Monkeynoun

(informal) A mischievous child.

Monkeynoun

A dance move popular in the 1960s.

Monkeynoun

Five hundred pounds sterling; five hundred dollars.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance

Monkeynoun

(blackjack) A face card.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey.

Monkeynoun

The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Monkeynoun

(historical) A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkeynoun

(slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion.

Monkeynoun

A fluid consisting of hydrochloric acid and zinc, used in the process of soldering.

Monkeyverb

To meddle; to mess (with).

Monkeyverb

(transitive) To mimic; to ape.

Monkeynoun

In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs.

Monkeynoun

A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.

Monkeynoun

The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.

Monkeynoun

A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.

Monkeyverb

To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

Monkeynoun

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

Monkeynoun

one who is playfully mischievous

Monkeyverb

play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly;

Monkeyverb

do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly;

Monkey

Monkey is a common name that may refer to certain groups or species of simian mammals of infraorder Simiiformes. The term is applied descriptively to groups of primates, such as families of New World monkeys and Old World monkeys.

Baboonnoun

An Old World monkey of the genus Papio, having dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks.

Baboonnoun

A foolish or boorish person.

Baboonnoun

One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape.

Baboonnoun

large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

Baboon

Baboons are primates comprising the genus Papio, one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys. There are six species of baboon: the hamadryas baboon, the Guinea baboon, the olive baboon, the yellow baboon, the Kinda Baboon and the chacma baboon.