Grits vs Griots - What's the difference?

grits | griots |


As nouns the difference between grits and griots

is that grits is while griots is .

As a proper noun grits

is (canada) the.

grits

English

Etymology 1

See

Noun

(head)
  • ('hulled oats')
  • (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
    • Usage notes
    * (term) usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.
    Related terms
    * nitty-gritty * gruel * grout
    See also
    * ("grits" on Wikipedia) * cornmeal * polenta

    Etymology 2

    See (grit) (Etymology 1)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (grit)

    • Anagrams

    *

    griots

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 2007, James McBide, Hip-Hop Planet , National Geographic (April 2007), 106,
    • "The long history is that spoken-word music made its way here on slave ships from West Africa centuries ago: Ethnomusicologists trace hip-hop's roots to the dance, drum, and song of West African griots , or storytellers, its pairing of word and music the manifestation of the painful journey of slaves who survived the middle passage".