Hoarse vs Stour - What's the difference?
hoarse | stour |
Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
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(now, rare, outside, dialects) Tall; large; stout.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Bold; audacious.
(now, rare, outside, dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
(now, rare, outside, dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
(now, rare, outside, dialects, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
A stake.
A round of a ladder.
A stave in the side of a wagon.
A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.
(label) An armed battle or conflict.
*, Book V:
*:Then there began a passyng harde stoure , for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), XII, xv:
*:This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour , / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.
(label) A time of struggle or stress.
*, I.ii:
*:Then gan she waile and weepe, to see that woefull stowre .
Tumult, commotion; confusion.
A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest.
As adjectives the difference between hoarse and stour
is that hoarse is afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice while stour is (now|rare|outside|dialects) tall; large; stout.As a adverb stour is
severely; strongly.As a noun stour is
a stake or stour can be (label) an armed battle or conflict.As a verb stour is
.hoarse
English
Adjective
(er)- I am old and my voice is hoarse
Anagrams
* *stour
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoor, . Compare also (l), (l).Alternative forms
* stoor, stoore, stoure, (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Adjective
(en adjective)- O stronge lady stoor , what doest thou? --Chaucer.