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Grot vs Grout - What's the difference?

grot | grout |

As nouns the difference between grot and grout

is that grot is a grotto while grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

As a verb grout is

to insert mortar between tiles.

grot

English

Etymology 1

From , by shortening, or (etyl) grotte.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (poetic) A grotto.
  • * 1819 , (John Keats), :
    • She took me to her elfin grot , / And there she wept, and sigh'd full sore, / And there I shut her wild wild eyes / With kisses four.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (British)
  • (slang, uncountable) Any unpleasant substance or material.
  • (slang, countable) A miserable person.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    grout

    English

    Noun

  • A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  • Coarse meal; groats.
  • (typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
  • * Charles Dickens
    • grouts of tea
  • (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

    • Related terms

    * groat * grits * gruel

    Verb

  • To insert mortar between tiles.
    • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.