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Cuss vs Coss - What's the difference?

cuss | coss |

As nouns the difference between cuss and coss

is that cuss is a curse or cuss can be a fellow, person while coss is (india) a measure of distance in india, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half english miles.

As a verb cuss

is to use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.

cuss

English

Etymology 1

American English dialect pronunciation of (m).

Verb

(es)
  • To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
    • Derived terms
    * cuss out

    Noun

    (cusses)
  • A curse.
  • A curse word.

    • Etymology 2

    .

    Noun

    (cusses)
  • A fellow, person.

    • coss

    English

    Alternative forms

    * koss

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (India) A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
  • *1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
  • *:A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.

    • See also

    * rule of coss ----