rasp vs roust

rasp

verb
  • To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language. 

  • To use a rasp. 

  • To say in a raspy voice. 

  • To make a noise similar to the one a rasp makes in use; to utter rasps. 

  • To work something with a rasp. 

noun
  • A coarse file, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file. 

  • The sound made by this tool when used, or any similar sound. 

roust

verb
  • To harass, to treat in a rough way. 

  • to arrest 

  • to rout out of bed; to rouse 

  • to drive strongly 

noun
  • A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. 

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