Pout vs Poult - What's the difference?
pout | poult |
One's facial expression when pouting.
* 2008 , (Vladimir Nabokov),
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
To push out one's lips.
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
To say while pouting.
(rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout () and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
As nouns the difference between pout and poult
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 poult is a young table-bird: turkey, partridge, grouse etc.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)Natasha], written 1924, translated by [[w:Dmitri Nabokov, Dmitri Nabokov]
- With a pout , Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
