dig vs rut

dig and rut both are nouns.

dig and rut both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dig	Yes	No	Yes	No
rut	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, rut is a hyponym of dig; that is, rut is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dig:

dig: turn up, loosen, or remove earth
rut: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove

Other hyponyms of dig include furrow, groove, root, rootle, rout, spade, shovel, trowel, burrow, tunnel.

dig (noun)	rut (noun)
the act of digging	a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
the act of touching someone suddenly with your finger or elbow	a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
a small gouge (as in the cover of a book)	applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
the site of an archeological exploration

dig (verb)	rut (verb)
get the meaning of something	hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
turn up, loosen, or remove earth	be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
create by digging
remove the inner part or the core of
poke or thrust abruptly
thrust down or into
remove, harvest, or recover by digging
work hard

Difference between dig and rut

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