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Dousting vs Jousting - What's the difference?

dousting | jousting |

As verbs the difference between dousting and jousting

is that dousting is while jousting is .

As nouns the difference between dousting and jousting

is that dousting is (obsolete|west country) a beating, a while jousting is a medieval european sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.

dousting

English

Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, West Country) A beating, a .
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  • (obsolete, mining, chiefly, Cornish) A process for separating the dust from ore.
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    • jousting

    English

    Noun

  • A medieval European sport in which mounted knights charged at each other bearing lances.
  • (figurative) Any activity in which two people spar with each other verbally.

    • Verb

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