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Jut vs Outstanding - What's the difference?

jut | outstanding |

As a noun jut

is something that sticks out.

As a verb jut

is to stick out.

As an adjective outstanding is

prominent or noticeable; standing out from others.

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

    outstanding

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • prominent or noticeable; standing out from others
  • exceptionally good; distinguished from others by its superiority
  • *
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week.}}
  • projecting outwards
  • *
  • unresolved; not settled or finished
  • owed as a debt
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  • Derived terms

    * outstandingly

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