different between sought vs saught

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s??t/
• Rhymes: -??t
• (US) IPA^(key): /s?t/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /s?t/
• Homophone: sort (in non-rhotic accents), sot (with cot-caught merger)

Verb

sought

1. simple past tense and past participle of seek

Anagrams

• Stough, oughts, toughs

English

Alternative forms

• saucht (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English saughte, seihte, from Old English saht, seaht, seht (“settlement, arrangement, agreement, terms arranged between two parties by an umpire, a peace between two powers, friendship, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *sahtiz (“reproach, agreement, reconciliation”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?g- (“to seek, trace”). Cognate with Old Norse sátt, sætt (“covenant, agreement, settlement, reconciliation”).

Noun

saught (uncountable)

1. (Britain dialectal, archaic) Reconciliation; peace; ease.

Verb

saught (third-person singular simple present saughts, present participle saughting, simple past and past participle saughted)

1. (transitive, intransitive, Britain dialectal) To reconcile; become reconciled.

Related terms

• settle

Adjective

saught (comparative more saught, superlative most saught)

1. (Britain dialectal) Reconciled; agreed; at one.

Anagrams

• aughts, ghauts