Root vs Roto - What's the difference?

root | roto |

As a proper noun root

is .

As a verb roto is

root

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; cognate with wort and radix.

Noun

(en noun)

The part of a plant, generally underground, that absorbs water and nutrients.

This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.

A root vegetable.

two fields which should have been sown with roots in the early summer were not sown because the ploughing had not been completed early enough.

The part of a tooth extending into the bone holding the tooth in place.

Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.

The part of a hair under the skin that holds the hair in place.

The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.

The part of a hair near the skin that has not been dyed, permed, or otherwise treated.

He dyed his hair black last month, so the grey roots can be seen.

The primary source; origin.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

* John Locke

They were the roots out of which sprang two distinct people.

(arithmetic) Of a number or expression, a number which, when raised to a specified power, yields the specified number or expression.

The cube root of 27 is 3.

(arithmetic) A square root (understood if no power is specified; in which case, “the root of” is often abbreviated to “root”).

Multiply by root 2.

(analysis) A zero (of a function).

(graph theory, computing) The single node of a tree that has no parent.

(linguistic morphology) The primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots.

(philology) A word from which another word or words are derived.

(music) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed.

(Busby)

The lowest place, position, or part.

* Milton

deep to the roots of hell

* Southey

the roots of the mountains

(computing) In UNIX terminology, the first user account with complete access to the operating system and its configuration, found at the root of the directory structure.

(computing) The person who manages accounts on a UNIX system.

(computing) The highest directory of a directory structure which may contain both files and subdirectories. (rfex)

Synonyms

* (source) basis, origin, source * (zero of a function) zero * (word from which another is derived) etymon * superuser (), root account, root user

Antonyms

* (zero of a function) pole

Holonyms

* (zero of a function) kernel

Derived terms

* cube root * functional root * put down roots * root canal * root cause * rootkit * roots * roots music * rootsy * square root * strictly roots * take root * taproot * root gap

Verb

(en verb)

(computing, slang, transitive) To break into a computer system and obtain root access.

We rooted his box and planted a virus on it.

To fix the root; to enter the earth, as roots; to take root and begin to grow.

* Mortimer

In deep grounds the weeds root deeper.

* '>citation

To be firmly fixed; to be established.

* Bishop Fell

If any irregularity chanced to intervene and to cause misapprehensions, he gave them not leave to root and fasten by concealment.

Etymology 2

From (etyl) . Cognate with rodent. Cognate with Dutch wroeten.

Verb

(en verb)

To turn up or dig with the snout.

A pig roots the earth for truffles.

(by extension) To seek favour or advancement by low arts or grovelling servility; to fawn.

To rummage, to search as if by digging in soil.

rooting about in a junk-filled drawer

To root out; to abolish.

* Shakespeare

I will go root away the noisome weeds.

* Bible, Deuteronomy xxix. 28

The Lord rooted them out of their land and cast them into another land.

(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) To have sexual intercourse.

Usage notes

* The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense is somewhat milder than fuck but still quite coarse, certainly not for polite conversation. The sexual sense will often be understood, unless care is taken with the context to make the rummage sense clear, or 'root through' or 'root around' is used. The past participle rooted'' is equivalent to ''fucked'' in the figurative sense of broken or tired, but ''rooting'' is only the direct verbal sense, not an all-purpose intensive like ''fucking .

Synonyms

* (rummage) dig out, root out, rummage * (have sexual intercourse) screw, bang, drill (US), shag (British) - See also

Derived terms

* root about * rooted * root out * root up

Noun

(en noun)

(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

Fancy a root ?

(Australia, New Zealand, vulgar, slang) A sexual partner.

Usage notes

* The Australian/New Zealand sexual sense of root'' is somewhat milder than ''fuck'' but still quite coarse, certainly not for polite conversation. The normal usage is ''to have a root or similar.

Synonyms

* (act of sexual intercourse) screw (qualifier), shag (UK); see also * (sexual partner) screw (US)

Etymology 3

Possibly an alteration of , influenced by hoot

Verb

(en verb)

(intransitive, with for, US) To cheer to show support for.

* 1908 ,

Let me root', '''root''', ' root for the home team,

(US) To hope for the success of. Rendered as 'root for'.

I'm rooting for you, don't let me down!

Synonyms

* (cheer) barrack (qualifier), cheer on

Anagrams

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roto

English

Noun

(-)

(US, informal) (Rotisserie League Baseball)

* 2004 , Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie

"But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece

* 1997', "BGI bill", ''Looking for Rules and Regulations for '''roto baseball league'' (on newsgroup ''pdaxs.sports.baseball )

Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball.

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