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Roots vs Boots - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between roots and boots

is that roots is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while boots is plural of lang=en.

As a verb boots is

third-person singular of boot.

roots

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
    • The roots of a tree provide it with water.
  • Ancestors
    • I have both Irish and German roots .
  • Beginnings
    • Jazz has its roots in blues.

    See also

    * root * rootsy

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    boots

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (sports) The sports shoes worn by players of certain games such as cricket and football.
  • (dated) A servant at a hotel etc. who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. (takes a singular verb)
  • *
  • (Jamaica, slang, plurale tantum) A condom.Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language , Around the Way Books (2006), ISBN 0975534254, page 17
  • * 1980 , in 1983):
    • I said throw away the boots , I want my little youth

    Synonyms

    *(condom) see also .

    References

    Verb

    (head)
  • (boot)

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