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Rut vs Dut - What's the difference?

rut | dut |

As nouns the difference between rut and dut

is that rut is sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals while dut is a snug woolly hat.

As a verb rut

is to be in the annual rut.

As an abbreviation DUT is

device Under Test.

rut

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
  • Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
  • Verb

  • to be in the annual rut
  • to have sexual intercourse
  • To mount or cover during copulation.
  • (Dryden)

    Etymology 2

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

    Noun

    (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 .

    Verb

    (rutt)
  • To make a furrow
  • dut

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (electronics) Device Under Test