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Cavity vs Rut - What's the difference?

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Cavity is a related term of rut.


As a noun cavity

is a hole or hollow depression.

As a proper noun rut is

, cognate to ruth.

cavity

English

Noun

(cavities)
  • A hole or hollow depression.
  • A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
  • (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * (dentistry)

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * cavity back * cavity batten * cavity coupling * cavity fill * cavity filter * cavity impedence * cavity magnetron * cavity oscillator * cavity radiator * cavity resonance * cavity tray * cavity tuning * cavity vent * cavity wall * oral cavity

    Related terms

    * cave * concave * excavate * excavation * excavator

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    rut

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
  • Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.

    • Verb

  • to be in the annual rut
  • to have sexual intercourse
  • To mount or cover during copulation.
    • (Dryden)

    Etymology 2

    16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
  • A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
  • A dull routine
    • Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .

    Verb

    (rutt)
  • To make a furrow

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