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Cruft vs Ruft - What's the difference?

cruft | ruft |

As nouns the difference between cruft and ruft

is that cruft is (computing|informal) anything old or of inferior quality while ruft is (obsolete) belching.

cruft

English

(wikipedia cruft)

Noun

(-)
  • (computing, informal) Anything old or of inferior quality.
  • (computing, informal) Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time; clutter.

    • Derived terms

    * crufting * crufty * cruftware English terms with unknown etymologies

    ruft

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Belching.

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