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Estrus vs Rut - What's the difference?

estrus | rut |

As a noun estrus

is (american spelling).

As a proper noun rut is

, cognate to ruth.

estrus

English

Noun

(estruses)
  • (American spelling)
  • Anagrams

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    rut

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
  • Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
  • Verb

  • to be in the annual rut
  • to have sexual intercourse
  • To mount or cover during copulation.
  • (Dryden)

    Etymology 2

    16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
  • A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
  • A dull routine
  • Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .

    Verb

    (rutt)
  • To make a furrow