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Rutty vs Runty - What's the difference?

rutty | runty |

As adjectives the difference between rutty and runty

is that rutty is rutted; imprinted with ruts or rutty can be (obsolete) rooty while runty is having the characteristics of a runt.

rutty

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(er)
  • Rutted; imprinted with ruts.
    • a rutty country road
  • Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal; ruttish; lustful.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) rooty
    • (Spenser)

    runty

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • having the characteristics of a runt
  • * 1965 , June 17, “Love—and Death—in the African Night”, The Times
    • From the light above us thin shadows flickered and a runty little image of the defiance in front of me fell on to the table. [...] The little runt was still singed and groggy [...]
  • * 1969 , October 4, Roy Hay, “Peaches and Plums”, The Times
    • Only later did I discover that a runty old almond tree, hidden behind a laburnum, riddled with peach leaf curl, [...]
  • diminutive