Puss vs Pet - What's the difference?
puss | pet |
(informal) A cat.
A girl or young woman.
(dated, hunting) A hare.
(vulgar, slang) Vulva (female genitalia).
(slang) The mouth.
An animal kept as a companion.
One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
* Tatler
To stroke or fondle (an animal).
(informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
(informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
(dated) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
(archaic) To be a pet.
Favourite; cherished.
* F. Harrison
A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
* 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
As nouns the difference between puss and pet
is that puss is (informal) a cat or puss can be (slang) the mouth while pet is an animal kept as a companion or pet can be a fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted or pet can be or pet can be (geordie) a term of endearment usually applied to women and children.As a verb pet is
to stroke or fondle (an animal).As an adjective pet is
favourite; cherished.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 .
Synonyms
* (mouth) cakehole, gob, mush, trapAnagrams
* ----pet
English
Etymology 1
Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion"..'>citation The verb is derived from the noun.Noun
(wikipedia pet) {{ picdic , image=Pudel miniatura 342.jpg , detail1= }} (en noun)- the love of cronies, pets , and favourites
Synonyms
* companion animalReferences
Verb
(pett)- His daughter was petted and spoiled.
- (Feltham)
Derived terms
* pet cemetery * pet name * pet peeve * pet project * pet shop * pet store * petting * teacher's petAdjective
(-)- a pet child
- a pet theory
- Some young lady's pet curate.
Etymology 2
.Noun
(en noun)- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet , with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
