Rut vs Cleft - What's the difference?

Rut is a related term of cleft.

is , cognate to ruth.

an opening, fissure, or v-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

(cleave).

From (etyl) .

(en noun)

(zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals

Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.

to be in the annual rut

to have sexual intercourse

To mount or cover during copulation.

(Dryden)

16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’

(en noun)

A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road

A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)

A dull routine

Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .

(rutt)

To make a furrow

(en noun)

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

A piece made by splitting.

a cleft of wood

A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

(Webster 1913)

* anal cleft * * cleft chin * cleft grafting * cleft foot * cleft lip * cleft palate * cleft stick * gluteal cleft

(head)

(cleave)