different between grits vs grout

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

Alternative forms

• grewt, grut (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English growte, grut, from Old English gr?t (“dregs; coarse meal”), from Proto-Germanic *gr?t? (compare Dutch gruit (“dregs”), German Grauß, Norwegian grut (“ground”)), lengthening of Proto-Germanic *grut?. Related to grit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /???ut/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

grout (countable and uncountable, plural grouts)

1. A thin mortar used to fill the gaps between tiles and cavities in masonry.
2. (now rare) Coarse meal; groats.
3. (now rare) (typically used in the plural) Dregs, sediment.
   • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, Book 1, Chapter 5

     grouts of tea

4. (Britain, obsolete) A kind of beer or ale.

Related terms

• groat
• grits
• gruel

Translations

Verb

grout (third-person singular simple present grouts, present participle grouting, simple past and past participle grouted)

1. To insert mortar between tiles.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Rutog

Dutch

Noun

grout ? (uncountable)

1. grout

Middle English

Noun

grout

1. Alternative form of growte