different between stoat vs scoat

English

Etymology

[Mid 1400s], from Middle English stote (“the ermine, especially in its brown summer coat”), of uncertain origin. The word bears some resemblance to Old Norse stutr (“bull”), Swedish stut (“bull, steer”) and Danish stud (“steer”) (see also English stot), but the semantic link is difficult unless a common origin is from “(brown?) male mammal”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

stoat (plural stoats)

1. Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

   Synonyms: clubster, (especially when in white winter coat) ermine, (US) short-tailed weasel

Translations

Further reading

• stoat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• TOAST, stato-, tasto, toast, toats, totas

English

Etymology

Old French ascouter, from ascot (“a branch”),(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “...from Teut., Old High Ger. scuz, a shoot; Ger. schuss”)

Verb

scoat (third-person singular simple present scoats, present participle scoating, simple past and past participle scoated)

1. (Britain, dialect) To prop; to scotch.

Anagrams

• Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, catso, coast, coats, costa, octas, scato-, tacos