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Rotted vs Rutted - What's the difference?

rotted | rutted |

As adjectives the difference between rotted and rutted

is that rotted is destroyed or damaged by rot while rutted is (of a road etc) marked or grooved with ruts.

As verbs the difference between rotted and rutted

is that rotted is (rot) while rutted is (rut).

rotted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Destroyed or damaged by rot.
  • (Newfoundland) Pissed off, deeply annoyed.

    • Synonyms

    * rotten

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rot)

    • Anagrams

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    References

    * Canadian phrases and sayings

    rutted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rut)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a road etc) Marked or grooved with ruts.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 413:
    • It was as much as part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road.