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Soot vs Scot - What's the difference?

soot | scot |

As nouns the difference between soot and scot

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 scot is (uk|historical) a local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

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)

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    scot

    English

    (wikipedia Scot)

    Noun

    (Scots)
  • A person born in or native to Scotland.
  • , a rare spelling variant of Scott.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Hypernyms

    *North Atlanticist

    Derived terms

    * Scotch * Scottish

    References

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