Husky vs Guttural - What's the difference?
husky | guttural | Related terms |
(of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding
burly, thick; fat, overweight
* 1965 , Popular Mechanics, September issue,
Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
Any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs
Sounding harsh and throaty.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) Articulated at the back of the mouth.
Of, relating to, or connected to the throat.
A harsh and throaty spoken sound
* {{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He was hairy, and his speech of rough gutturals was imperfect.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Frederic Stewart Isham, title=A Man and His Money, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He seems quite an exception to some husbands in that respect!" remarked the Berliner in deep gutturals .}}
* {{quote-book, year=1919, author=Edgar Rice Burroughs, title=Jungle Tales of Tarzan, chapter=, edition=
, passage="Teeka is Tarzan's," said the ape-man, in the low gutturals of the great anthropoids.}}
Husky is a related term of guttural.
As adjectives the difference between husky and guttural
is that husky is (of a voice) hoarse and rough-sounding while guttural is sounding harsh and throaty.As nouns the difference between husky and guttural
is that husky is any of several breeds of dogs used as sled dogs while guttural is a harsh and throaty spoken sound.husky
English
Etymology 1
; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".Adjective
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- Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A
- (Dryden)
Derived terms
* huskilyEtymology 2
Shortening of husky dog'', where ''husky is ultimately from the same Old (etyl) root as Eskimo.Noun
(huskies)Alternative forms
* huskieSynonyms
* polar dogguttural
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged.
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