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Hoarse vs Throat - What's the difference?

hoarse | throat |

As an adjective hoarse

is afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.

As a noun throat is

the front part of the neck.

As a verb throat is

(obsolete) to utter in the throat; to mutter.

hoarse

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Afflicted by a dry, quite harsh voice.
  • *
  • I am old and my voice is hoarse

    Anagrams

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    throat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (all obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The front part of the neck.
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  • The gullet or windpipe.
  • A narrow opening in a vessel.
  • Station throat.
  • The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
  • (Gwilt)
  • (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
  • (nautical) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
  • (nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
  • (Totten)
  • (shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
  • (botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
  • Synonyms

    * (gullet) esophagus (US), gullet, oesophagus (British) * (windpipe) trachea, windpipe * (narrow opening in a vessel) neck, bottleneck (of a bottle)

    Derived terms

    * clear one's throat * cutthroat * deepthroat * Deep Throat * frog in one's throat * have a frog in one's throat * jump down someone's throat * sore throat * station throat * stick in one's throat * throaty * whitethroat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To utter in the throat; to mutter.
  • to throat threats
    (Chapman)
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.