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Ruff vs Kuff - What's the difference?

ruff | kuff |

As nouns the difference between ruff and kuff

is that ruff is reputation while kuff is (pejorative|slang) a non-muslim.

ruff

English

Etymology 1

A shortening of (ruffle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia, Philomachus pugnax .
  • # A male of the species. (The female is a reeve).
  • a small freshwater fish; a pope.
  • A circular frill or ruffle on a garment, especially a starched, fluted frill at the neck in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.
  • *
  • Anything formed with plaits or flutings, like the frill.
  • * (rfdate) Alexander Pope
    • I reared this flower; / Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread.
  • (obsolete) An exhibition of pride or haughtiness.
  • * (rfdate) L'Estrange
    • How many princes in the ruff of all their glory, have been taken down from the head of a conquering army to the wheel of the victor's chariot!
  • (obsolete) Wanton or tumultuous procedure or conduct.
  • * (rfdate) Latimer
    • to ruffle it out in a riotous ruff
  • (military) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruffle.
  • (engineering) A collar on a shaft or other piece to prevent endwise motion.
  • A set of lengthened or otherwise modified feathers on or around the neck of a bird.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To ruffle; to disorder.
    • (Spenser)
  • (military) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.
  • (hawking) To hit (the prey) without fixing it.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A card game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cards) To play a trump card to a trick, other than when trumps were led
    • Synonyms
    *

    Derived terms

    * overruff * underruff

    See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (colloquial)

    • Etymology 4

    Onomatopoeic. English onomatopoeias

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • The bark of a dog; woof.

    • kuff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pejorative, slang) A non-Muslim.
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-08-11 , author = Twitter user @Hamse45 , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/Hamse45/status/498981889739608065 , passage = I won't ever say RIP for a kuff cuz he won't be resting in peace while he's in the hell fire }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-16 , author = Twitter user @Feesabeelilah , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/AmaatuLlah/status/512001934836772864 , passage = So much discussion on Hennings in my TL. People need to stop being emotional. This deen has rules. The asl of the blood of the kuff is halal }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-22 , author = Twitter user @itsnadias , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/itsnadias/status/514019997346463744 , passage = Someone punch these kuff in my @ to Siraat al mustaqeem }}
  • :*{{quote-web
    • , date = 2014-09-18 , author = Twitter user @MannWaSalwah , title = Tweet , site = , url = https://twitter.com/MannWaSalwah/status/512725754069524482 , passage = Stupid kuffs are so backwards. According to their idea of honour animals are the most honoured cuz they aint got no clothing at all. }}