Pouted vs Touted - What's the difference?
pouted | touted |
(pout)
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).
(tout)
Someone advertising]] for [[customer, customers in an aggressive way.
*1886 , , The Princess Casamassima .
*:Paul Muniment looked at his young friend a moment. 'Do you want to know what he is? He's a tout .'
*:'A tout ? What do you mean?'
*:'Well, a cat's-paw, if you like better.'
*:Hyacinth stared. 'For whom, pray?'
*:'Or a fisherman, if you like better still. I give you your choice of comparisons. I made them up as we came along in the hansom. He throws his nets and hauls in the little fishes—the pretty little shining, wriggling fishes. They are all for her; she swallows, 'em down.'
A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
, title=
, chapter=2 (label) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
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*2012 , Scott Tobias, The Hunger Games , The A.V. Club
*:For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
To look upon or watch.
*1600 , (Edward Fairfax), The (Jerusalem Delivered) of (w), X, lvi:
*:Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout .
As verbs the difference between pouted and touted
is that pouted is past tense of pout while touted is past tense of tout.pouted
English
Verb
(head)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.
Derived terms
* pouting (n)Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* moueSee also
* puckerEtymology 2
From (etyl) , from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* eelpout, eel-pout * hornpoutSee also
* (wikipedia "pout")Etymology 3
Anagrams
* *touted
English
Verb
(head)tout
English
Noun
(wikipedia tout) (en noun)citation, passage=No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts .}}
