What is the difference between Bruit and Brute?




What is the difference between Bruit and Brute? :


Bruit :

( 1 ) Spread a rumor or report

It has been bruited that he is going abroad for higher studies.

The news of the impending marriage was bruited abroad.



Brute : (noun)

( 1 ) Animal (except man), especially a large or fierce one

That dog looks a real brute.


( 2 ) Brutal and insensitive person

His father was drunken brute.


( 3 ) Unpleasant or difficult thing

It is a brute of a problem.

This lock is a brute. It just will not open.



Brute : (adjective)

( 1 ) Not involving thought or reason, unthinking

You should not resort to brute force in order to solve a problem.











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