Hood vs Lout - What's the difference?
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A covering such as worn over one’s head.
A distinctively coloured fold of material, representing a university degree.
An enclosure that protects something, especially from above.
(label) A soft top of a convertible car or carriage.
The hinged cover over the engine of a motor vehicle. Also known as a bonnet in other countries.
A metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes.
Relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
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*:But the lout looked only to his market, and was not easily repulsed. ¶ "He's there, I tell you," he persisted. "And for threepence I'll get you to see him. Come on, your honour! It's many a Westminster election I've seen, and beer running, from Mr. Fox,when maybe it's your honour's going to stand! Anyway, it's, Down with the mongers!"
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
:(Sir Philip Sidney)
(archaic) To bend, bow, stoop.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i:
* 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , vol. 1:
As nouns the difference between hood and lout
is that hood is a covering such as worn over one’s head while lout is a troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.As verbs the difference between hood and lout
is that hood is to cover something with a hood while lout is to treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.As an adjective hood
is relating to inner-city everyday life, both positive and negative aspects; especially people’s attachment to and love for their neighborhoods.As a proper noun Hood
is {{surname|lang=en}.hood
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) . More at hat.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (engine cover) bonnet, cowlDerived terms
* chemical hood * cooker hood * extractor hood * fume hood * kitchen hood * hoodie * range hoodSee also
* (l) (hood-shaped)Etymology 2
.Etymology 3
; compare (m).Alternative forms
* 'hoodAdjective
(-)Usage notes
Particularly used for poor US inner-city black neighborhoods. Also used more generally, as a casual neutral term for “neighborhood”, but marked by strong associations.Synonyms
* ghetto * (neighborhood) nabe, neighborhoodEtymology 4
, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.lout
English
Etymology 1
Of dialectal origin, compare Middle English louten'' "to bow, bend low, stoop over" from Old English ''l?tan from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* See also * yobSee also
* hooligan * thug * yob, yobboEtymology 2
(etyl) l?tan'', from Germanic. Cognate with Old Norse , Swedish ''luta .Verb
(en verb)- He faire the knight saluted, louting low, / Who faire him quited, as that courteous was [...].
- He took the cup in his hand and, louting low, returned his best thanks [...].