Tuft vs Tut - What's the difference?
tuft | tut |
A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base.
A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding.
A small clump of trees or bushes.
(historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities.
(historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel.
* T. Hughes
To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts.
To form into tufts.
To secure and strengthen (a mattress, quilt, etc.) with tufts.
To be formed into tufts.
To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
(Internet, slang) A tutorial.
* 2002', "Little Penny", ''Looking for sites, '''tuts , videos to learn html (newbie)'' (on newsgroup ''alt.html )
An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
(UK, obsolete, dialect) A hassock.
(Webster 1913)
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As verbs the difference between tuft and tut
is that tuft is to provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts while tut is .As a noun tuft
is a bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc, held together at the base.tuft
English
Noun
(en noun)- Several young tufts , and others of the faster men.
Derived terms
*tufthunting *tufthunterVerb
(en verb)- (Thomson)
