Lout vs. Tout — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Lout and Tout
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Lout
An awkward and stupid person; an oaf.
Tout
A tout is any person who solicits business or employment in a persistent and annoying manner (generally equivalent to a solicitor or barker in American English, or a spruiker in Australian English). An example would be a person who frequents heavily touristed areas and presents himself as a tour guide (particularly towards those who do not speak the local language) but operates on behalf of local bars, restaurant, or hotels, being paid to direct tourists towards certain establishments.
Lout
To bow or curtsy.
Tout
To promote or praise energetically; publicize
"For every study touting the benefits of hormone therapy, another warns of the risks" (Yanick Rice Lamb).
Lout
To bend or stoop.
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Tout
To solicit or importune
Street vendors who were touting pedestrians.
Lout
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
Tout
Chiefly British To obtain or sell information on (a racehorse or stable) for the guidance of bettors.
Lout
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Tout
To solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way.
Lout
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Tout
Chiefly British To obtain and deal in information on racehorses.
Lout
To bend, bow, stoop.
Tout
One who solicits customers brazenly or persistently
"The administration of the nation's literary affairs falls naturally into the hands of touts and thieves" (Lewis H. Lapham).
Lout
To bend; to box; to stoop.
He fair the knight saluted, louting low.
Tout
Chiefly British One who obtains information on racehorses and their prospects and sells it to bettors.
Lout
To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Tout
Chiefly Scots and Irish Slang One who informs against others; an informer.
Lout
A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.
Tout
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits.
Lout
An awkward stupid person
Tout
A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
Tout
(colloquial) An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
Tout
A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
Tout
(card games) In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
Tout
(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
Mary has been touted as a potential succesor to the current CEO.
Tout
To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
Tout
To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
Tout
To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
Tout
To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
Tout
(intransitive) To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
Tout
(obsolete) To look upon or watch.
Tout
To act as a tout. See 2d Tout.
Tout
To ply or seek for customers.
Tout
To look narrowly; spy.
Tout
To spy out the movements of race horses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
Tout
To toot a horn.
Tout
To spy out information about, as a racing stable or horse.
Tout
One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting.
Tout
One who gives a tip on a race horses for an expected compensation, esp. in hopes of a share in any winnings; - usually contemptuous.
Tout
One who solicits custom, as a runner for a hotel, cab, gambling place.
Tout
A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
Tout
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
Tout
The anus.
Tout
Someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
Tout
Someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
Tout
One who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
Tout
Advertize in strongly positive terms;
This product was touted as a revolutionary invention
Tout
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