As verbs the difference between joust and oust
is that joust is to engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt while oust is to expel; to remove.
As a noun joust
is a tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
joust
English
(Jousting)
Noun
(
en noun)
A tilting match: a mock combat between two mounted knights or men-at-arms using lances in the lists or enclosed field.
Synonyms
* tilt
Verb
(
en verb)
To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt.
Derived terms
* jouster
oust
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To expel; to remove.
- The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.
Synonyms
* banish, dismiss, eject, exclude, reject
Antonyms
* accept, harbor, shelter
Derived terms
* oustee
* ouster
Anagrams
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