groove vs rut what difference
what is difference between groove and rut
English
Etymology
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), from Old English grōf (“trench, furrow, something dug”), from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”). Cognate with Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Norwegian grov (“brook, riverbed”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Directly descended from Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹuːv/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡɹuv/
- Rhymes: -uːv
Noun
groove (plural grooves)
- A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tyre groove, or a geological channel or depression.
- Antonym: ridge
- A fixed routine.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The gregarious trifling of life in the social groove.
- 1873, John Morley, Rousseau
- The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
- (music) A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
- (mining) A shaft or excavation.
- (motor racing) A racing line, a path across the racing circuit’s surface that a racecar will usually track on. (Note: There may be multiple grooves on any particular circuit or segment of circuit)
Derived terms
- get one’s groove on
- groove fricative
- grooveless
- groovelike
- groovework
- groovy
- tongue and groove
Translations
Verb
groove (third-person singular simple present grooves, present participle grooving, simple past and past participle grooved)
- (transitive) To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
- (intransitive) To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.
- I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.
Derived terms
- grooved
- groover
- ungrooved
Translations
Anagrams
- go over, overgo
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁuv/
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (fixed routine)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
groove m (plural grooves)
- groove (music style)
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹʌt/
Etymology 1
From Middle English rutte (noun) and rutten (verb), from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).
Noun
rut (plural ruts)
- (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals. [from early 15th c.]
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
Translations
Verb
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
- What piety forbids the lusty ram
Or more salacious goat to rut their dam
- What piety forbids the lusty ram
Synonyms
- (be in mating season): blissom, brim, bull, oestruate
- (have sexual intercourse): do it, get some, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate
- (have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably from Middle English route, from Middle French route (“road”), from Old French route. See also rutter.
Noun
rut (plural ruts)
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: groove, furrow
- (figuratively) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: routine
- (figuratively) A dull routine.
Translations
Verb
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (transitive) To make a furrow.
Translations
Further reading
- Rut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- RTU, URT, UTR, tur
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- rot (southern Moselle Franconian and Siegerland)
Etymology
From Old High German rōt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʀuːt/
Adjective
rut (masculine rude or ruhe, feminine rut or ruh, comparative ruder or ruher, superlative et rutste)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) red
Usage notes
- The inflections with loss of -d- are restricted to westernmost Ripuarian.
French
Etymology
From Old French rut, ruit, inherited from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugi, past participle of rugir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁyt/
Noun
rut m (plural ruts)
- rut (sexual excitement)
Derived terms
- en rut
Further reading
- “rut” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- rút
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrut]
- Hyphenation: rut
- Rhymes: -ut
Interjection
rut
- gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), from Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Akin to German rot, Old Saxon rōd, Old Dutch rōd (modern Dutch rood)
Adjective
rūt
- red