Rut vs Ruft - What's the difference?
rut | ruft |
(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
As a proper noun rut
is , cognate to ruth.As a noun ruft is
(obsolete) belching.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 .