different between grits vs groat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Etymology 1

See grit (etymology 2, “hulled oats”).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit ('hulled oats')

Noun

grits

1. (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Usage notes

• Grits usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.

Related terms

• nitty-gritty
• gruel
• grout

Translations

See also

• grits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cornmeal
• polenta

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit

Verb

grits

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grit

Anagrams

• girts, grist, strig, trigs

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /????t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Etymology 1

From Middle English grot, from Old English grot, from Proto-Germanic *grut?. More at grit, grout.

Noun

groat (countable and uncountable, plural groats)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Hulled grain.

Derived terms

• Embden groats

Related terms

• grit, grits
• grout, grouts
• gruel
• meal
• semolina

Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly from Middle Dutch groot, the Old French gros Tournois (“a coin of Tours”), from Medieval Latin denarius (“coin”) grossus (“large”). Related to German Groschen

Noun

groat (plural groats)

1. (archaic or historical) Any of various old coins of England and Scotland.
2. A historical English silver coin worth four English pennies, still minted as one of the set of Maundy coins.
3. A proverbial small sum; a whit or jot.

Translations

See also

• Groat (coin) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Argot, argot, gator, gotra