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Husk vs Rusk - What's the difference?

husk | rusk |

As nouns the difference between husk and rusk

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 rusk is a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.

As a verb husk

is to remove husks from.

As a proper noun Rusk is

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husk

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)

Noun

(wikipedia husk) (en noun)
  • The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
    • A coconut has a very thick husk .
  • Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
    • His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
  • The supporting frame of a run of millstones.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove husks from.

    • Etymology 2

    Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by (husky).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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"

    • See also

    * husky

    References

    The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary , 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978 ----

    rusk

    English

    (wikipedia rusk)

    Noun

  • a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
  • * 1719:
    • ...he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
  • a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback )
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  • a weaning food for children
  • a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture

    • Synonyms

    * Brussels biscuit * twice-baked bread * zwieback