Houses vs Hut - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between houses and hut

is that houses is plural of lang=en while hut is a small wooden shed.

is that houses is third-person singular of house while hut is to put into a hut.

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(en noun)

a small wooden shed

a primitive dwelling

(hutt)

(rare, archaic, transitive) to put into a hut

to hut troops in winter quarters

(rare, archaic, intransitive) to take shelter in a hut

* Washington Irving

The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown.

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