Pus vs Puss - What's the difference?
pus | puss |
A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.
(informal) A cat.
A girl or young woman.
(dated, hunting) A hare.
(vulgar, slang) Vulva (female genitalia).
(slang) The mouth.
As nouns the difference between pus and puss
is that pus is a whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection while puss is a cat.As an initialism PUS
is permanent Under Secretary (UK.pus
English
(wikipedia pus)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* pussyAnagrams
* ----puss
English
Etymology 1
From a Common (etyl) word for cat. Akin to (etyl) , West Frisian (m), (etyl) (m), (m), Danish (m), dialectal (etyl) (m), (etyl) (m). Found also in several other European and Western Asian languages. Compare (etyl) (m).Noun
(es)- Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
Synonyms
* (cat) moggie/moggyEtymology 2
Of (etyl) origin, from or akin to (etyl) .Noun
(es)- She gave him a slap in the puss .