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Hoom vs Toom - What's the difference?

hoom | toom |

As nouns the difference between hoom and toom

is that hoom is while toom is (chiefly scottish) a piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot or toom can be vacant time, leisure.

As an adjective toom is

(rare|or|dialectal|northern england|scotland) empty.

As a verb toom is

(rare|or|dialectal) to empty; teem.

hoom

English

Noun

  • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    toom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) toom, tom, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare, or, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty.
  • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare, or, dialectal) To empty; teem.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) toom, tome, tom, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Vacant time, leisure.
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