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Phut vs Phht - What's the difference?

phut | phht |

As interjections the difference between phut and phht

is that phut is a sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust while phht is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

phut

English

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • A sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust.
  • * 1980 , Gillian Cooke, A Celebration of Christmas
    • Even an expensive cracker can go off with a phut , not a bang, and burst to reveal one paper hat, one tired motto and a piece of plastic jewellery.
  • * 2007 , Susan Gates, Beyond the Billboard
    • Then she heard the phut -phut-phut of an unfamiliar boat engine.

    phht

    English

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • * 1899 , Octave Mirbeau, The Torture Garden
    • They don't know anything, and they're always sad, and weep! And faint for no reason, Over nothings ! Phht ! phht ! phht !
  • * 1986 , Timothy Findley, The telling of lies
    • Phht ! he expires under the anaesthetic. What could be easier?