Roost vs Roust - What's the difference?
roost | roust | Synonyms |
The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).
* Dryden
A group of birds roosting together.
to rout out of bed; to rouse
* 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VII
*:"Why didn't you roust me out?" / "Well, I tried to, but I couldn't; I couldn't budge you." / "Well, all right. Don't stand there palavering all day, but out with you and see if there's a fish on the lines for breakfast. I'll be along in a minute."
To harass, to treat in a rough way.
*1962 , , 00:28:45
*:My client is an ex-convict. He's been constantly harassed by the police... subjected to extreme mental cruelty and public degradation. He's even been denied an adequate place to live! To be very blunt, gentlemen, my client has been thoroughly rousted .
(slang) to arrest
Roost is a synonym of roust.
As nouns the difference between roost and roust
is that roost is the place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch) or roost can be (uk|shetland|and|orkney) a tidal race while roust is a strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.As verbs the difference between roost and roust
is that roost is (of birds) sleep or roost can be while roust is to rout out of bed; to rouse.roost
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He clapped his wings upon his roost .