Tut vs Tur - What's the difference?
tut | tur |
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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A species of wild goat, , native to the western Caucasus.
* 2007 , Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road , Sceptre 2008, page 90:
As nouns the difference between tut and tur
is that tut is a tutorial while tur is a species of wild goat, species: Capra caucasica, native to the western Caucasus.As an interjection tut
is tut tut; an expression of disapproval.As a verb tut
is to make a tut tut sound of disapproval.tut
English
Etymology 1
Imitative.Verb
(tutt)Etymology 2
Shortening of tutorial.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)tur
English
Noun
(en noun)- Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur .