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Crout vs Croup - What's the difference?

crout | croup |

As nouns the difference between crout and croup

is that crout is (archaic) sauerkraut while croup is the top of the rump of a horse or other quadruped or croup can be (pathology) an infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.

As a verb croup is

(obsolete|outside|dialects) to croak, make a hoarse noise.

crout

English

Noun

  • (archaic) sauerkraut
  • * 1869 , Edward Parmelee Smith, Incidents of the United States Christian commission (page 419)
  • It was an invoice from the town of Lebanon, Ohio, of thirty-four barrels of crout and pickled cabbage. I could not help crying out on the spot — "Thank God for Lebanon! Thank God for the crout and cabbage."

    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