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Raunch vs Paunch - What's the difference?

raunch | paunch |

As nouns the difference between raunch and paunch

is that raunch is low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy while paunch is the first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.

As a verb paunch is

to remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.

raunch

English

Noun

(-)
  • Low class condition or content; inferiority; inadequacy.
  • Dishonorable, base, and vulgar expression.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-17, volume=408, issue=8849, magazine=(The Economist), author=Bagehot
    • , title= Tits, out , passage=These days, raunch is everywhere—not only on the internet and television, but on advertising hoardings and the sides of buses. Another online campaign is aimed at sanitising the covers of sub-pornographic “lads’ mags”.}}
  • Socially unacceptable sexual behavior.

    • paunch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The first stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
  • The abdomen or belly of a human or animal, especially a large, protruding one.
  • (nautical) A paunch mat.
  • The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper.

    • Synonyms

    * (protruding belly) See also .

    Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To remove the internal organs of a ruminant, such as a hare or rabbit prior to eating.
  • * 1610 , , act 3 scene 2
    • (Caliban)
    Why, as I told thee, 'tis a custom with him
    I' th' afternoon to sleep: there thou may'st brain him,
    Having first seiz'd his books; or with a log
    Batter his skull, or paunch him with a stake,
    Or cut his wezand with thy knife