a regular citizen who reports seeing a crime isn't a snitch or a rat the criminals were just sloppy snitches and rats are not the same thing let me break it down to make sure y'all see what i mean a snitch is someone minding other folks business to find information they can sell for a price or trade for some other form of compensation a rat is a traitor a conceiver planner or physical participator he doesn't sell secrets for power or cash he betrays the trust of his team or his family hoping to save his own cowardly ass the difference is at least a snitch is human but a rat is a fucking rat period