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Joust vs Oust - What's the difference?

joust | oust |

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

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