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Grits vs Groat - What's the difference?

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Groat is a related term of grits.



As nouns the difference between grits and groat

is that grits is plural of lang=en ('hulled oats' while groat is hulled grain.

As a verb grits

is third-person singular of grit.

As a proper noun Grits

is the Liberal Party of Canada.

grits

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(head)
  • ('hulled oats')
  • (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
    • Usage notes
    * (term) usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.
    Related terms
    * nitty-gritty * gruel * grout
    See also
    * ("grits" on Wikipedia) * cornmeal * polenta

    Etymology 2

    See (grit) (Etymology 1)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (grit)

    • Anagrams

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    groat

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) grotes (pl.), from (etyl) grotan, plural of grot, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) hulled grain
    • Related terms
    * grit, grits * grout, grouts * gruel * meal * semolina

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) groot, the (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
  • An historic English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.

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