different between mutton vs gosht

English

Etymology

From Middle English motoun, moton, from Old French mouton (“sheep”), from Vulgar Latin molt?, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“ram, wether”). Doublet of mouton.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?tn?/, [?m??n?]
• Rhymes: -?t?n

Noun

mutton (countable and uncountable, plural muttons)

1. The flesh of sheep used as food.
2. The flesh of goat used as food.
3. (archaic) A sheep.
4. (typography slang) Em, a unit of measurement equal to the height of the type in use.
5. (obsolete, slang) A prostitute.

   Synonym: laced mutton

6. (historical) An old Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:mutton.

Synonyms

• (meat of a sheep): sheepflesh, sheepmeat

Hyponyms

• (meat of a sheep): lamb

Derived terms

• mutton bird
• muttonchop
• mutton dash
• mutton dressed as lamb
• mutton quad

Translations

Adjective

mutton (not comparable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) deaf.

Synonyms

• Mutton Jeff

See also

• Wikipedia article on mutton

Middle English

Noun

mutton

1. Alternative form of motoun

English

Etymology

From Persian ????? (“meat, flesh”).

Noun

gosht (uncountable)

1. mutton (or sometimes goat), normally as part of a Pakistani curry

Anagrams

• Goths, ghost, goths