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Rousts vs Ousts - What's the difference?

rousts | ousts |

As verbs the difference between rousts and ousts

is that rousts is third-person singular of roust while ousts is third-person singular of oust.

rousts

English

Verb

(head)
  • (roust)

    • roust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
    • (Jamieson)

    Synonyms

    * roost, rost

    Anagrams

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    ousts

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (oust)

    • oust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To expel; to remove.
    • The protesters became so noisy that they were finally ousted from the meeting.

    Synonyms

    * banish, dismiss, eject, exclude, reject

    Antonyms

    * accept, harbor, shelter

    Derived terms

    * oustee * ouster

    Anagrams

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