Rue vs Rug - What's the difference?

rue | rug |

As nouns the difference between rue and rug

is that rue is while rug is horn.

rue

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rewe, reowe, from (etyl) .

Noun

(-)

(archaic, or, dialectal) Sorrow; repentance; regret.

(archaic, or, dialectal) Pity; compassion.

Derived terms

* rueful * ruth

Etymology 2

(etyl) , from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch rouwen, German reuen.

Verb

(obsolete) To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.

(obsolete) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.

To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.

I rued the day I crossed paths with her.

* (rfdate) Chapman

I wept to see, and rued it from my heart.

* (rfdate) Milton

Thy will chose freely what it now so justly rues .

(archaic) To feel compassion or pity.

* Late 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

Madame, reweth upon my peynes smerte

* (rfdate) Ridley

which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them

(archaic) To feel sorrow or regret.

* (rfdate) Tennyson

Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.

Usage notes

Most frequently used in the collocation “rue the day”.

Etymology 3

(wikipedia rue) From (etyl) ruwe, (etyl) rue (> modern French rue), from (etyl) . Compare (rude).

Noun

(en noun)

Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta , especially the herb , formerly used in medicines.

* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:

But th'aged Nourse, her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew , and Savine, and the flowre / Of Camphora, and Calamint, and Dill [...].

* c. 1600 , (William Shakespeare), , (Ophelia):

There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue''' for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your ' rue with a difference.

Synonyms

* garden rue * herb of grace

Derived terms

* goat's rue * rue anemone * Syrian rue * wall rue

References

Anagrams

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rug
English

Noun
(en noun)
A partial covering for a floor.

(UK, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket.

* 1855 , , A Boy?s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert?s Note-Book , page 254,

They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.

* 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia , page 2297,

Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug', and, in winter time, not less than one additional ' rug .

* 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia , Volume 22, page 181,

My own son had a bunny rug' of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny ' rug to suck his finger with.?

* 1997 , Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes , page 22,

He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.

A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing.

* Holinshed

They spin the choicest rug' in Ireland. A friend of mine repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford ' rugs .

A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.

(slang) A wig; a hairpiece.

Usage notes
* (partial floor covering) The terms rug'' and carpet are not precise synonyms: a ''rug'' covers part of the floor; a ''carpet'' covers most or a large area of the floor; a ''fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.
Synonyms
* (small carpet) carpet, mat * (wig) toupee, wig
Derived terms
* area rug * cut a rug * scatter rug * snug as a bug in a rug
Verb
(rugg)
(Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.

(Sir Walter Scott)

Derived terms
* rug up (Webster 1913)
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Anagrams
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