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Trout vs Grout - What's the difference?

trout | grout |

As nouns the difference between trout and grout

is that trout is any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once while grout is a thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.

As verbs the difference between trout and grout

is that trout is to (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout; to admonish jocularly while grout is to insert mortar between tiles.

As a proper noun Trout

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trout

English

Noun

(wikipedia trout) (en-noun)
  • Any of several species of fish in Salmonidae, closely related to salmon, and distinguished by spawning more than once.
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  • An elderly woman of dubious sensibilities.
  • Derived terms

    * brown trout * rainbow trout * salmon trout * Sevan trout

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To (figuratively) slap someone with a slimy, stinky, wet trout ; to admonish jocularly.
  • grout

    English

    Noun

  • A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
  • Coarse meal; groats.
  • (typically used in the plural ) Dregs, sediment.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • grouts of tea
  • (UK, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.
  • Verb

  • To insert mortar between tiles.
  • I spent the whole afternoon grouting the kitchen floor.