Husk vs Husk - What's the difference?
husk | husk |
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
* The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked , "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — (Naomi Novik), "His Majesty's Dragon"
The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
* The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked , "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — (Naomi Novik), "His Majesty's Dragon"
In lang=en terms the difference between husk and husk
is that husk is to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice while husk is to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.As nouns the difference between husk and husk
is that husk is the dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside while husk is the dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside.As verbs the difference between husk and husk
is that husk is to remove husks from or husk can be to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice while husk is to remove husks from or husk can be to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.husk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)Noun
(wikipedia husk) (en noun)- A coconut has a very thick husk .
- His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
Etymology 2
Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by (husky).Verb
(en verb)See also
* huskyReferences
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary , 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978 ----husk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)Noun
(wikipedia husk) (en noun)- A coconut has a very thick husk .
- His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
