Brunt vs Grunt - What's the difference?
brunt | grunt |
The full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
* 2012 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/01/nyregion/new-jersey-continues-to-cope-with-hurricane-sandy.html?hp]," New York Times (retrieved 31 October 2012):
The major part of; the bulk.
* If you feel tired of walking, just think of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load.
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A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
The snorting cry of a pig.
Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
(label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)
To make a grunt or grunts.
* Shakespeare
To make a grunt or grunts.
To break wind; to fart.
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==Norwegian Bokmål==
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As nouns the difference between brunt and grunt
is that brunt is the full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event while grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.As a verb grunt is
frequentative: gruntle.brunt
English
Noun
(en noun)- Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina's winds.
- Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.
