different between brought vs brung
brought
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b???t/
- (US) IPA(key): /b??t/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Verb
brought
- simple past tense and past participle of bring
Usage notes
It is somewhat common to hear native English speakers (particularly in Australia, New Zealand and Britain) using "brought" when in place of "bought" (and vice versa) despite the fact that the two words mean different things [1][2]. Sometimes this variation makes its way into print[3].
brought From the web:
- what brought frosty the snowman to life
- what brought an end to the system of serf labor
- what brought the us into ww1
- what brought an end to the qin dynasty
- what brought an end to the dominance of the silk road
- what brought an end to islam’s golden age
- what brought the us into ww2
- what brought frosty to life
brung
English
Etymology
Perhaps by analogy with other strong verbs, but compare also the Old English past forms brunge, brungon and past participle variant brungen (“brought”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b???/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
brung
- (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) simple past and past participle of bring
Related terms
- brang
- brought
brung From the web:
- what brings life also kills
- what brings amino acids to the ribosome
- what brings life also kills lyrics
- what brings blood pressure down
- what brings you joy
- what brings on vertigo
- what brings on shingles
- what brings blood sugar down
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