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Tux vs Tut - What's the difference?

tux | tut |

As nouns the difference between tux and tut

is that tux is a tuxedo while tut is a tutorial.

As a proper noun Tux

is a cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

As an interjection tut is

tut tut; an expression of disapproval.

As a verb tut is

to make a tut tut sound of disapproval.

tux

English

Noun

(es)
  • (colloquial) A tuxedo.
  • * 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems''' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
  • After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes .

    tut

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Tut tut; an expression of disapproval.
  • Hush; be silent.
  • Verb

    (tutt)
  • To make a tut tut sound of disapproval.
  • Etymology 2

    Shortening of tutorial.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet, slang) A tutorial.
  • * 2002', "Little Penny", ''Looking for sites, '''tuts , videos to learn html (newbie)'' (on newsgroup ''alt.html )
  • Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An imperial ensign consisting of a golden globe with a cross on it.
  • (UK, obsolete, dialect) A hassock.
  • (Webster 1913) English clippings English palindromes ----