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Fust vs Oust - What's the difference?

fust | oust |

As verbs the difference between fust and oust

is that fust is to decay while oust is to expel; to remove.

As a noun fust

is a strong musty smell; mustiness.

fust

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To decay.
  • * 1602 : , act IV scene 4
    • Sure he that made us with such large discourse
    Looking before and after, gave us not
    That capability and godlike reason
    To fust in us unused.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong musty smell; mustiness.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    oust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To expel; to remove.
    • The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

    Synonyms

    * banish, dismiss, eject, exclude, reject

    Antonyms

    * accept, harbor, shelter

    Derived terms

    * oustee * ouster

    Anagrams

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