Difference between Bout and Bust

What is the difference between Bout and Bust?

Bout as a noun is an instance of something lasting a short period. while Bust as a noun is a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders

Bout

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An instance of something lasting a short period. An attack (of an illness, etc). An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept. A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar. An outside circuit of a field made with a plough or implement to mark the ground and create a headland.

Part of speech: preposition

Definition: about

Bust

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: without any money, broke

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shouldersThe breasts and upper thorax of a womanThe act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation: a narcotics bustA failed enterprise; a bomb

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Alteration of burstTo break somethingTo arrest for a crimeTo catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.An emphatic to do

Example sentence: With my luck, if I ever invested in General Motors, they'd bust it to Corporal!

We hope you now know whether to use Bout or Bust in your sentence.

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