Blurt vs Spout - What's the difference?
blurt | spout |
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged
a stream of liquid
the mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale
To gush forth in a jet or stream
(ambitransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
* Creech
To speak tediously or pompously.
To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
As verbs the difference between blurt and spout
is that blurt is to utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out while spout is to gush forth in a jet or stream.As a noun spout is
a tube or lip through which liquid is poured or discharged.blurt
English
Verb
(en verb)- Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
spout
English
Noun
(en noun)- I dropped my china teapot, and its spout has broken.
Verb
(en verb)- Water spouts from a hole.
- The whale spouted .
- The mighty whale spouts the tide.
- Pray, spout some French, son.
- to spout a watch