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Cough vs Croup - What's the difference?

cough | croup |

As verbs the difference between cough and croup

is that cough is to push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion while croup is to croak, make a hoarse noise.

As nouns the difference between cough and croup

is that cough is a sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary while croup is the top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.

cough

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
  • * , chapter=3
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the cough'ing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about ' cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
  • * , title=(Jeeves in the Offing)
  • , section=chapter XI , passage=I drew a deep breath, and a moment later wished I hadn't, because I drew it while drinking the remains of my gin and tonic. “Does Kipper know of this?“ I said, when I had finished coughing .}}
  • To make a noise like a cough.
  • Derived terms

    * cougher * cough up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
  • Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough .
  • A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
  • Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough .
  • He was – cough – indisposed.

    Hyponyms

    * barking cough * churchyard cough * congested cough * dry cough * hacking cough * loose cough * non-productive cough * productive cough * smoker's cough * wet cough

    Derived terms

    * cough mixture * cough syrup * whooping cough

    croup

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) croupe, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, / So light to the saddle before her he sprung.
  • * 1835 , Charles Frederick Partington, The British cyclopædia of natural history
  • The guib [a kind of antelope] is of the mean dimensions, or four feet and a half in total length, and two and a half high at the shoulders, but rather higher at the croup .

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) croup, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) To croak, make a hoarse noise.
  • Noun

    (-)
  • (pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.
  • Derived terms
    * croupous * croupy