Cuss vs Discuss - What's the difference?
cuss | discuss |
To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
A curse.
A curse word.
A fellow, person.
(obsolete) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.i:
* Rambler
* Sir H. Wotton
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
* , Merry Wives of Windsor , act 1, sc. 3:
* , Henry V , act 4, sc. 1:
To break to pieces; to shatter.
To deal with, in eating or drinking.
* Sir S. Baker
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
As verbs the difference between cuss and discuss
is that cuss is to use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely while discuss is (obsolete|transitive) to drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.As a noun cuss
is a curse or cuss can be a fellow, person.cuss
English
Etymology 1
American English dialect pronunciation of (m).Verb
(es)Derived terms
* cuss outNoun
(cusses)Etymology 2
.Noun
(cusses)discuss
English
(wikipedia discuss)Verb
- For she was giuen all to fleshly lust, / And poured forth in sensuall delight, / That all regard of shame she had discust , / And meet respect of honour put to flight
- a pomade of virtue to discuss pimples
- Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection.
- Let's sit down and discuss this rationally.
- I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else.
- Nym : I will discuss the humour of this love to Page.
- Pistol : Discuss unto me; art thou officer? Or art thou base, common and popular?
- We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us.