What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Uncouth vs Uncuth - What's the difference?

uncouth | uncuth |

As adjectives the difference between uncouth and uncuth

is that uncouth is (archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign while uncuth is (obsolete) unknown; strange.

As a noun uncuth is

(obsolete) a stranger.

uncouth

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
  • * 1819 : , The Sketch Book (The Voyage)
    • There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
  • Clumsy, awkward.
  • Unrefined, crude.
  • *

    • Synonyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * uncouthness

    uncuth

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) unknown; strange

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A stranger.
    • (Webster 1913)