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Stout vs Bitter - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between stout and bitter

is that stout is large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat while bitter is having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).

As nouns the difference between stout and bitter

is that stout is a dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain while bitter is a liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

As a proper noun Stout

is {{surname}.

As a verb bitter is

to make bitter.

stout

English

Adjective

(er)
  • large; bulky, thickset; corpulent, fat.
  • (obsolete) bold, strong-minded; lusty; vigorous; robust; sinewy; muscular.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a stouter champion never handled sword
  • * Clarendon
    • He lost the character of a bold, stout , magnanimous man.
  • * Daniel
    • The lords all stand / To clear their cause, most resolutely stout .
  • (obsolete) proud; haughty; arrogant; hard.
  • * Bible, Mal. iii. 13
    • Your words have been stout against me.
  • * Latimer
    • Commonly they that be rich are lofty and stout .
  • firm; resolute; dauntless.
  • materially strong, enduring.
    • Campers prefer stout vessels, sticks and cloth.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins … .}}
  • obstinate.

    • Derived terms

    * stouten * stouthearted * stoutish * stoutly * stoutness

    Noun

    ("stout" on Wikipedia) (en noun)
  • A dark and strong malt brew made with toasted grain.
    • Stout is darker, stronger and sweeter than porter beer.
  • An obese person. (rfex)
  • A large clothing size. (rfex)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    bitter

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
  • :
  • *
  • *:Long after his cigar burnt bitter , he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth.
  • Harsh, piercing or stinging.
  • :
  • *1999 , (Neil Gaiman), Stardust , p.31 (Perennial paperback edition)
  • *:It was at the end of February,.
  • Hateful or hostile.
  • :
  • *(Bible), (w) iii. 19
  • *:Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
  • Cynical and resentful.
  • :

    • Usage notes

    * The one-word comparative form (bitterer) and superlative form (bitterest) exist, but are less common than their two-word counterparts (term) and (term).

    Derived terms

    * bitter pill to swallow

    See also

    * bitter end

    Antonyms

    * (cynical and resentful) optimistic

    Synonyms

    * (cynical and resentful) jaded

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
  • * 1773 , Oliver Goldsmith,
    • Thus I begin: "All is not gold that glitters,
    "Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters .
  • A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
  • (nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.

    • Derived terms

    * brought up to a bitter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make bitter.
    • (Wolcott)
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