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Bort vs Boet - What's the difference?

bort | boet |

As nouns the difference between bort and boet

is that bort is (uncountable) poor quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond while boet is (south africa|informal) a brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.

bort

English

Noun

(wikipedia bort) (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Poor quality diamond, used for industrial cutting or abrasion; a poorly crystallized diamond.
  • * 1931 , , Issues 82-94, page 25,
    • Bits that would require 4 to 16 carbonadoes are now set with 40 to 80 borts .
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    boet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (South Africa, informal) A brother, often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
  • (South Africa, informal) As a familiar form of address: pal, mate.

    • References

    * OED Draft Entry December 2004 ----