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Zoo vs Zot - What's the difference?

zoo | zot |

As nouns the difference between zoo and zot

is that zoo is a park where live animals are exhibited while zot is an anteater.

As a verb zot is

to zap, kill, or destroy.

As an interjection zot is

the characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

zoo

English

(wikipedia zoo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A park where live animals are exhibited.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.}}
  • (label) Any place that is wild, crowded, or chaotic.
  • Derived terms

    * like feeding time at the zoo * morning zoo * particle zoo * petting zoo * zoo format

    zot

    English

    Etymology 1

    A sound effect. Popularized by the , a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
  • * 1980 , Kit Reed, Magic time
  • I reached for the handle and it zotted me — an electric shock to the elbow.
  • * 1997 , "Matt Lepinski", Zotting'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
  • I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?
  • * 1997 , "Terry Moore", COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''austin.general )
  • When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted , it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.
  • * 1998 , "RosieDawg", watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.ponds )
  • electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.

    Etymology 2

    Sound effect in the , first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) An anteater.
  • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (US) The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.
  • Usage notes

    * Associated with the (UC Irvine Anteaters). ----