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Grunt vs Gruft - What's the difference?

grunt | gruft |

As nouns the difference between grunt and gruft

is that grunt is a short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak while gruft is the particles of soil that are spattered up onto grass by the rain.

As a verb grunt

is frequentative: gruntle.

grunt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short, snorting sound, often to show disapproval, or used as a reply when one is reluctant to speak.
  • The snorting cry of a pig.
  • Any fish of the perciform family Haemulidae.
  • (label) An infantry soldier. (From the verb, just like all the other senses.)

    • Derived terms

    * grunt boy * grunt work

    Verb

    (en verb) * Frequentative: gruntle
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To make a grunt or grunts.
  • To break wind; to fart.

    • References

    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Adjective

    (head)
    • ----

    gruft

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (dialect) the particles of soil that are spattered up onto grass by the rain
    • A gruft which adheres to the grass in wet weather.