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Gert vs Gent - What's the difference?

gert | gent |

As adjectives the difference between gert and gent

is that gert is big while gent is noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.

As an adverb gert

is very.

As a noun gent is

a gentleman.

gert

English

Alternative forms

* gurt

Adjective

(-)
  • (slang, Bristol) big
    • That's a gert sandwich.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (slang, Bristol) very
    • That's a gert big sandwich.
    That pizza was gert tasty.

    Derived terms

    * gert lush

    gent

    English

    Etymology 1

    From gentleman .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gentleman.
    • Related terms
    * genteel * gentile * gentle

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) gent, ultimately from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Noble; well-bred, courteous; graceful.
  • * Chaucer
    • A knight [who] was fair and gent .
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ix:
    • He lou'd, as was his lot, a Ladie gent , / That him againe lou'd in the least degree [...].
  • (obsolete) neat; pretty; elegant
  • * Spenser
    • Her body gent and small.
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