Thought vs Trough - What's the difference?
thought | trough |
Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
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, passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts , and I by others not less disturbing.}}
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, title= (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
* (Paul Fix)
A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
(think)
(meteorology) A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
To eat in a vulgar style, as if eating from a trough
As nouns the difference between thought and trough
is that thought is form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking while trough is a long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.As verbs the difference between thought and trough
is that thought is past tense of think while trough is to eat in a vulgar style, as if eating from a trough.thought
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Alternative forms
* (l) (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia thought) (en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts .}}
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
Derived terms
* afterthought * collect one's thoughts * gather one's thoughts * food for thought * on second thoughts * perish the thought * thoughtful * thought leader * thoughtless * thought shower * thoughtletVerb
(head)Verb
(en verb)- he troughed his way through 3 meat pies.