Stoor vs Spoor - What's the difference?
stoor | spoor |
To move; stir.
To move actively; keep stirring.
To rise up in clouds, as smoke, dust, etc.
To stir up, as liquor.
To pour; pour leisurely out of any vessel held high.
To sprinkle.
Stir; bustle; agitation; contention.
A gush of water.
Spray.
A sufficient quanity of yeast for brewing.
The track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal
* 1971 , William S. Burroughs, The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead , page 10
*1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter VIII
*:Even poor Nobs appeared dejected as we quit the compound and set out upon the well-marked spoor of the abductor.
As verbs the difference between stoor and spoor
is that stoor is to move; stir while spoor is to track an animal by following its spoor.As nouns the difference between stoor and spoor
is that stoor is stir; bustle; agitation; contention while spoor is the track, trail, droppings or scent of an animal.As an adjective stoor
is .stoor
English
Etymology 2
From (etyl) storen, *. See (l).Alternative forms
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* (l) * (l)Etymology 2
See (l).Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* (l)Anagrams
* ----spoor
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Noun
(en-noun)- Now he has picked up the spoor of drunken vomit and there is the doll sprawled against a wall, his pants streaked with urine.