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Runt vs Ruft - What's the difference?

runt | ruft |

As nouns the difference between runt and ruft

is that runt is the smallest animal of a litter, or, while ruft is (obsolete) belching.

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 ----

    ruft

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) Belching.

    • Anagrams

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