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Runt vs Runs - What's the difference?

runt | runs |

As nouns the difference between runt and runs

is that runt is the smallest animal of a litter, or, while runs is .

As a verb runs is

(run).

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 ----

    runs

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (the runs ) (slang) Diarrhea/diarrhoea
  • Synonyms

    * (diarrh(o)ea ): diarrhea/diarrhoea, the squits (slang), the trots (slang), the craps (slang)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (run)
  • Anagrams

    * urns ----