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Soot vs Coot - What's the difference?

soot | coot |

As nouns the difference between soot and coot

is that soot is fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc while coot is any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.

As a verb soot

is to cover or dress with soot.

soot

English

(wikipedia soot)

Noun

(-)
  • Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

    • Synonyms

    * lampblack

    See also

    * carbon black

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover or dress with soot.
    • to soot land
    (Mortimer)

    Anagrams

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    coot

    English

    (wikipedia coot) (Fulica)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
  • (colloquial) A stupid fellow; a simpleton
    • A silly coot .
  • * An old coot
  • * A rich coot
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=“You'll be able now to give it as your considered opinion that [Wilbert Cream] is as loony as a coot', Sir Roderick.” A pause ensued during which [the psychiatrist] appeared to be weighing this, possibly thinking back to ' coots he had met in the course of his professional career and trying to estimate their dippiness as compared with that of W. Cream.}}
  • A success; something excellent.
  • * Man that song's the coot .
  • * Would be the coot if we could go this weekend!
  • (slang) Body louse.

    • Derived terms

    (bird species) * American coot, Fulica americana * Andean coot, Fulica ardesiaca * Caribbean coot, Fulica caribaea * Eurasian coot, Fulica atra * giant coot, Fulica gigantea * Hawaiian coot, Fulica alai * horned coot, Fulica cornuta * mascarene coot, * red-fronted coot, Fulica rufifrons * red-gartered coot, Fulica armillata * red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata * white-winged coot, Fulica leucoptera * bald as a coot * cracked as a coot * crazy as a coot * daft as a coot * daffy as a coot * deaf as a coot * dizzy as a coot * drunk as a coot * gay as a coot * happy as a coot * old coot * loony as a coot * mad as a coot * pissed as a coot * queer as a coot * rich coot * silly as a coot * simple as a coot

    Related terms

    (bird) * fulicine