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Doust vs Oust - What's the difference?

doust | oust |

As verbs the difference between doust and oust

is that doust is (obsolete|west country) to extinguish, to destroy, to kill while oust is to expel; to remove.

As a noun doust

is (obsolete|west country) dust.

doust

English

Noun

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  • (obsolete, West Country) Dust.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, West Country) To extinguish, to destroy, to kill.
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  • (obsolete, West Country) To dust.
  • (obsolete, mining, chiefly, Cornish) To separate dust from ore.
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    • 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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