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Bosts vs Botts - What's the difference?

bosts | botts |

As a verb bosts

is third-person singular of bost.

As a noun botts is

the disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.

bosts

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bost)

    • bost

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Break

    • Derived terms

    * bostin

    botts

    English

    (wikipedia botts)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
  • (by extension) Infection by gadfly maggots under the skin of cows, or by sheep maggots in the frontal sinus of sheep.

    • Usage notes

    The noun is usually used in the plural with the definite article. ("The botts" )

    See also

    * botfly