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pout | poet |

As nouns the difference between pout and poet

is that pout is one's facial expression when pouting or pout can be (rare) shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (zoarcidae) or pout can be while poet is (rare|or|archaic).

As a verb pout

is to push out one's lips or pout can be (scotland) to shoot poults.

pout

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • One's facial expression when pouting.
  • * 2008 , (Vladimir Nabokov), Natasha] , written 1924, translated by [[w:Dmitri Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov]
  • With a pout , Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
  • A fit of sulking or sullenness.
  • Derived terms
    * pouting (n)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To push out one's lips.
  • To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  • To say while pouting.
  • Synonyms
    * moue

    See also

    * pucker

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
  • Derived terms
    * eelpout, eel-pout * hornpout

    See also

    * (wikipedia "pout")

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To shoot poults.
  • Anagrams

    * *

    poet

    English

    (wikipedia poet)

    Alternative forms

    * (rare or archaic) * poete (rare or archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who writes poems.
  • Derived terms

    * poetaster * poetess

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Hyponyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

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