In transitive terms the difference between furrow and rut
is that
furrow is to pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc while
rut is to make a furrow.
furrow English
(Plough)
Noun
( en noun)
A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.
- Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.
Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.
- When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.
Verb
( en verb)
To make (a) groove, a cut(s) in (the ground etc.).
- Cart wheels can furrow roads.
To wrinkle
To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to worry, concentration etc.
- Leave me alone so I can furrow my brows and concentrate.
See also
* plough a lonely furrow
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rut English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
(zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
Verb
to be in the annual rut
to have sexual intercourse
To mount or cover during copulation.
- (Dryden)
Etymology 2
16th century. Probably from (etyl) route ‘road’
Noun
( en noun)
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling (See also rutter)
A dull routine
- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut .
Verb
(rutt)
To make a furrow
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