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Pigout vs Pignut - What's the difference?

pigout | pignut |

As nouns the difference between pigout and pignut

is that pigout is (colloquial) a meal at which an excessive quantity of food is eaten while pignut is the edible tuber of , native to western europe.

pigout

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (colloquial) A meal at which an excessive quantity of food is eaten.

    • pignut

    English

    (wikipedia pignut)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The edible tuber of , native to western Europe.
  • * 1610 , , act 2 scene 2
    • I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
    And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts ;
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Judgement of Dungara’, Black and White , Folio Society 2004, vol. 1, p. 382:
    • Justus partially overcame their scruples against work, and taught them that the black earth was rich in other produce than pignuts only.
  • (US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.