bruit vs. brute

bruit vs. brute

bruit

(spread news or rumor)

• It’s been bruited that the president is going to resign.
• Please don’t bruit rumors about the office.

 

brute

(a cruel or violent mad or animal)

• He was an ill-mannered brute.
• The dog is a great brute.

 

bruit vs. brute – English Vocabulary