Ousted vs Rousted - What's the difference?
ousted | rousted |
(oust)
To expel; to remove.
(roust)
to rout out of bed; to rouse
* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
*:"Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
To harass, to treat in a rough way.
*1962 , , 00:28:45
*:My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted .
(slang) to arrest
As verbs the difference between ousted and rousted
is that ousted is (oust) while rousted is (roust).ousted
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(en verb)- The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.