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Jut vs Jug - What's the difference?

jut | jug |

In lang=en terms the difference between jut and jug

is that jut is to stick out while jug is to utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.

As nouns the difference between jut and jug

is that jut is something that sticks out while jug is a serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.

As verbs the difference between jut and jug

is that jut is to stick out while jug is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.

jut

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • something that sticks out
  • * 1999 , Stardust , , page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition).
    • The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.

    Verb

    (jutt)
  • to stick out
    • the jutting part of a building
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • It seems to jut out of the structure of the poem.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1997 , author=(Don DeLillo) , chapter=1 , title=Underworld , passage=...enormous Chesterfield packs aslant on the scoreboards, a couple of cigarettes jutting from each.}}
  • (obsolete) To butt.
  • * Mason
    • the jutting steer

    jug

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
  • The amount that a jug can hold.
  • (slang) Jail.
  • (vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
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  • (New Zealand) A kettle.

    • Derived terms

    * jug band * jug ears * measuring jug

    External links

    * (wikipedia "jug")

    Verb

    (jugg)
  • To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
    • jugged hare
  • (slang) To put into jail.
  • To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • (of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.