Lusk vs. Rusk — What's the Difference?

Lazy or slothful

A rusk is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread. It is sometimes used as a teether for babies.

Full; ripe

A light, soft-textured sweetened biscuit.

A lazy or slothful person

Sweet raised bread dried and browned in an oven.

(obsolete) To be idle or unemployed.

A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit

Lazy; slothful.

A twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)

A lazy fellow; a lubber.

A weaning food for children

To be idle or unemployed.

A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture

A kind of light, soft bread made with yeast and eggs, often toasted or crisped in an oven; or, a kind of sweetened biscuit.

A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores.

Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar.

Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp