Coort vs Coot - What's the difference?
coort | coot |
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
(colloquial) A stupid fellow; a simpleton
* An old coot
* A rich coot
* {{quote-book
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, title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
, section=chapter VII
, passage=“You'll be able now to give it as your considered opinion that [Wilbert Cream] is as loony as a coot', Sir Roderick.” A pause ensued during which [the psychiatrist] appeared to be weighing this, possibly thinking back to ' coots he had met in the course of his professional career and trying to estimate their dippiness as compared with that of W. Cream.}}
A success; something excellent.
* Man that song's the coot .
* Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
(slang) Body louse.
As nouns the difference between coort and coot
is that coort is obsolete spelling of court while coot is any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.coot
English
(wikipedia coot) (Fulica)Noun
(en noun)- A silly coot .