What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Puke vs Zuke - What's the difference?

puke | zuke |

As nouns the difference between puke and zuke

is that puke is (uncountable) vomit while zuke is (us|slang) zucchini.

As a verb puke

is (transitive|and|intransitive) to vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.

As an adjective puke

is a fine grade of woolen cloth.

puke

English

Etymology 1

1581, first mention is the derivative . More at (l).

Noun

  • (uncountable) vomit.
  • * 2007', '''', The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the ' puke saber"
    • the puke saber [...] pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting"
  • (countable) A drug that induces vomiting.
  • (countable) A worthless, despicable person.
    • Synonyms
    * See * (person) rotter

    Verb

    (puk)
  • (transitive, and, intransitive) To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach.
  • * 1599 ,
    • At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms
    Synonyms
    * See
    Derived terms
    * puker

    Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A fine grade of woolen cloth
    • 1599 ,
  • :* Puke -stocking caddis garter
  • A very dark, dull, brownish-red color.

    • References

    * wollencloth: Word Detective * The Universal Dictionary of English, 1896, 4 vols: "Of a dark colour, said to be between black and russet." ----

    zuke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) zucchini
  • * 2005 , Beth Hensperger, Julie Kaufmann, Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook
    • But please use tender young squash. The zuke someone overlooked in the garden until it was the size of a rolling pin will be too bitter for this casserole.
  • * 2009 , Dev Patnaik, Peter Mortensen, Wired to care: how companies prosper when they create widespread empathy
    • By the time she was nine, Nina was traveling to distant markets on her own to sell her family's fresh tomatoes, beans, squash, zukes , cukes, peppers
    English clippings