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Mouth vs Couth - What's the difference?

mouth | couth |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between mouth and couth

is that mouth is (obsolete) to make mouths at while couth is (obsolete) known, renowned.

As nouns the difference between mouth and couth

is that mouth is (anatomy) the opening of a creature through which food is ingested while couth is social grace, sophistication; manners; refinement.

As verbs the difference between mouth and couth

is that mouth is to speak; to utter while couth is .

As an adjective couth is

(obsolete) known, renowned or couth can be marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

mouth

English

(wikipedia mouth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
  • * , chapter=7
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs.
  • The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
  • An outlet, aperture or orifice.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=‘It was called the wickedest street in London and the entrance was just here. I imagine the mouth of the road lay between this lamp standard and the second from the next down there.’}}
  • (slang) A loud or overly talkative person.
  • (saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal.
  • (obsolete) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
  • * Addison
    • Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives.
  • (obsolete) Cry; voice.
    • (Dryden)
  • (obsolete) Speech; language; testimony.
  • * Bible, Matt. xviii. 16
    • that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established
  • (obsolete) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Counterfeit sad looks, / Make mouths upon me when I turn my back.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To speak; to utter.
    • He mouthed his opinions on the subject at the meeting.
  • * Hare
    • mouthing big phrases
  • To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
    • The prompter mouthed the words to the actor, who had forgotten them.
  • To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
    • The fish mouthed the lure, but didn't bite.
  • (obsolete) To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
    • (Dryden)
  • (obsolete) To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)
  • (obsolete) To make mouths at.

    • Derived terms

    (mouth) * a closed mouth gathers no feet * all mouth and pants/trousers]], all mouth and no pants/[[all mouth and no trousers, trousers, all mouth * ass-to-mouth/ATM * badmouth * bad taste in one's mouth * bellmouth * big mouth * blabbermouth * born with a silver spoon in one's mouth * broadmouth * cottonmouth * dirty mouth * don't look a gift horse in the mouth * down in the mouth * dragon's mouth * dry mouth * fishmouth * flannelmouth * flutemouth * foam at the mouth * foot-and-mouth/foot and mouth * frogmouth * froth at the mouth * goalmouth * guttermouth * headmouth * hand-foot-and-mouth disease * hand-to-mouth * horse's mouth * keep one's mouth shut * largemouth * loudmouth/loud-mouth, loudmouthed/loud-mouthed * motor mouth * mouth bow * mouth-breather * mouthbreathing * mouthbrooder * mouthed/-mouthed * mouther * mouthfeel * mouth-footed * mouth harp * mouth-made * mouth of a sailor * mouth mirror * mouthful * mouthguard * mouthless * mouthlike * mouthly * mouth music * mouth off * mouth organ * mouthpart * mouthpiece * mouth-to-mouth * mouthwash * mouthwatering/mouth-watering * mouthy * out of the mouths of babes * pipemouth * poormouth * potty mouth * put one's foot in one's mouth * put one's money where one's mouth is * put words in somebody's mouth * redmouth * river mouth * run off at the mouth * saltmouth * scabby mouth * sea mouth * shoot off at the mouth * shoot one's mouth off * shut one's mouth * smallmouth * smash-mouth/smashmouth * straight from the horse's mouth * suckermouth * trench mouth * warmouth * wash your mouth out * watch your mouth * word of mouth * wrymouth

    See also

    * orifice

    Statistics

    * English heteronyms 1000 English basic words ----

    couth

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), doublet of (m); from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) known, renowned

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by or possessing a high degree of sophistication; cultured, refined.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Social grace, sophistication; manners; refinement.
    • That man has no couth .

    Anagrams

    * (l)