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Runt vs Dunt - What's the difference?

runt | dunt |

As nouns the difference between runt and dunt

is that runt is the smallest animal of a litter, or while dunt is a stroke; a dull-sounding blow.

As a verb dunt is

to strike; give a blow to; knock.

As a contraction dunt is

eye dialect of don’t|lang=en.

runt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The smallest animal of a litter, or,
  • The smallest child in the family, as in "the runt of the family."
  • Undersized or stunted plant, animal or person.
  • (computing) An Ethernet packet that does not meet the medium's minimum packet size of 64 bytes.
  • (typography) A single word (or portion of a hyphenated word) that appears as the last line of a paragraph.
  • A breed of pigeon related to the carrier pigeon.
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A hardened stem or stalk of a plant.
    • (Halliwell)
    Neither young poles nor old runts are durable. — Holland.

    Anagrams

    * turn ----

    dunt

    English

    Alternative spellings

    *dun't (As a contraction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A stroke; a dull-sounding blow

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To strike; give a blow to; knock.

    • Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (Yorkshire)

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989 ----