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.

Wuss vs Suss - What's the difference?

wuss | suss |

As nouns the difference between wuss and suss

is that wuss is a weak or ineffectual person while suss is suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.

As verbs the difference between wuss and suss

is that wuss is {{only used in|wuss out|lang=en} while suss is to arrest for suspicious behaviour.

As an adjective suss is

suspicious.

wuss

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (slang) A weak or ineffectual person.
  • * 1976, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, Campus Slang typescript
    • Nov. 6 Come on you wuss, hit a basket..! John's a wuss.''
  • * 1982, Cameron Crowe, Fast Times At Ridgemont High (Screenplay)
    • Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy''
  • * 1995, Rob Huizenga, You're Okay, It's Just a Bruise Page 120
    • ...if you got a reputation as a wuss around the league, nobody else would ever even trade for you, or pick you up if you got cut.
  • * 2003, Andrea P. Roberts, Uncovered: 20 Hints for Men from a Bisexual Woman Page 7
    • And finally, don't be a wuss . Have a rich-man's attitude. Men who have money are generally confident and assertive.
  • * 2003, Marc J. Soares, 100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park Page 21
    • ...stop, study the map, and wait for the others. It's better to be a wuss than a stud.

    Synonyms

    * pansy, pushover, weakling, wimp

    Derived terms

    * wuss out

    Verb

    (es)
    • ----

    suss

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sus

    Etymology 1

    From suspicious.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) Suspicious.
  • * 2001 , , 2008, Bantam, UK, page 244,
    • ‘Yes - OK, OK. Try not to struggle, Tracey. It just makes you look even more suss .’
  • * 2009 , Barbara Ward Smith, Dead Centre: Murder Mystery , AuthorHouse, UK, page 191,
    • I think it was Amber Johnson dressed up said Marc, but its proving it, we don?t have much to go on according to her said Jan her friend has been driving her car, yes very convenient said Marc and it?s even more suss that this friend has gone on holiday, did she ever give us the name of this mystical friend? Asked Jan.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK) Suspicious behaviour; the act of loitering with intent.
    • Related terms
    * suss law

    Verb

  • (transitive, UK, obsolete) To arrest for suspicious behaviour.

    • Etymology 2

    From suspect; originally .

    Verb

  • To discover, infer or figure out.
  • * 2007 , Alex Caldon, The Quest for Truth , page 107,
    • This David did without the crook knowing he had been sussed' out.When David returned home after ' sussing this new crook, he made sure one or two key people were informed about his true nature, and they were all then further protected.
  • * 2007 , Jenny Ainslie-Turner, Jolene: A Fiery Redhead Who Loves Talking Dirty: True Life Autobiography of a 1-2-1 Chat Girl , page 43,
    • For some other guys who?ve sussed' me out, it?s taken them quite some time. A certain regular of mine comes through three or four times a night, but not every night.That said, this regular never ' sussed for a hell of a long time.
  • * 2008 , , ''Best Australian Political Writing , page 275,
    • It occurred to me that Matt?s mates, far from being proper objects of solicitation and sympathy, actually must feel they had life sussed .
  • (transitive, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To study or size up, to check out (examine).
    • Related terms
    * sussed (adjective)
    Derived terms
    * suss out

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK) Social nous.
  • * 1995 , , Skin Flicks , 2012, unnumbered page,
    • ‘I?m surprised at you, Danny Weston! I thought you had a bit more suss than this. I never thought you were capable of something so ... silly.’
  • * 1996 , Phil Healey, Rick Glanvill, Now That?s What I Call Urban Myths , page 138,
    • The next painter the sultan approached was a sly old dog with more suss than a Cockney two-card trickster.
  • * 1996 , Mick Middles, Factory: The Story of the Record Label , 2011, unnumbered page,
    • ‘I always was the true fucking star of this band. They uaed to say I was the fifth member ... I?m the first fucking member. Always was and always will be a star ... that?s me. Fucking Wythenshawe taking over Washington, that?s what this is, miles more suss we have than any of these bastards.’
  • * 2001 , , A Drink With Shane MacGowan , 2012, unnumbered page,
    • No, not cynicism, just fucking suss', David Bowie has more ' suss than the fucking people that are trying to put him through the mincer.

    Anagrams

    *