Rut vs Dimple - What's the difference?
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(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.
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
To make a furrow
A small depression or indentation in a surface.
* Wordsworth
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
To create a dimple in.
To create a dimple in one's face by smiling.
To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
* Dryden
Rut is a related term of dimple.
As a proper noun rut
is , cognate to ruth.As a noun dimple is
a small depression or indentation in a surface.As a verb dimple is
to create a dimple in.rut
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Verb
- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’Noun
(en noun)- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .
Verb
(rutt)Anagrams
* * English terms with multiple etymologies ----dimple
English
Noun
(en noun)- The accident created a dimple in the hood of the car.
- The garden pool's dark surface breaks into dimples small and bright.
- You have very cute dimples .
Synonyms
* (depression in a surface ): dentVerb
(dimpl)- The hailstorm dimpled the roof of our car.
- The young girl dimpled in glee as she was handed a cupcake.
- And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
