Puss vs Wuss - What's the difference?
puss | wuss |
(informal) A cat.
A girl or young woman.
(dated, hunting) A hare.
(vulgar, slang) Vulva (female genitalia).
(slang) The mouth.
(slang) A weak or ineffectual person.
* 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript
* 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (Screenplay)
* 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise
* 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman
* 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park
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In slang|lang=en terms the difference between puss and wuss
is that puss is (slang) the mouth while wuss is (slang) a weak or ineffectual person.As nouns the difference between puss and wuss
is that puss is (informal) a cat or puss can be (slang) the mouth while wuss is (slang) a weak or ineffectual person.As a verb wuss is
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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
* ----wuss
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.''
- Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy''
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- ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.
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- And finally, don't be a wuss . Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.
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- ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.