What's the difference between toon and toot?

Toon


Definition:

  • () pl. of Toe.
  • (n.) The reddish brown wood of an East Indian tree (Cedrela Toona) closely resembling the Spanish cedar; also. the tree itself.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Toon, on the other hand, are in a wee spot of temporary bother.
  • (2) Toon attempted to dissuade him from boxing by explaining its dangers.
  • (3) After pleading guilty to an unspecified lesser charge, Toon was sentenced to 75 days in jail.
  • (4) Texas pool party incident raises questions about wealth and race Read more Toon’s brother, Matthew, was quoted as telling reporters that his brother was innocent and had been at a cinema at the time of the incident.
  • (5) On the former front, the company's Angry Birds Toons channel launched in March within developer Rovio's various games, and by September had notched up more than 1bn views of its short cartoons and trailers.
  • (6) Photograph: Supplied Sean Toon was sentenced to more than nine months in jail after pleading guilty to killing and maiming prize farm animals and covering them in paint, according to court records in Texas .
  • (7) Yet according to court records, Toon pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief and was sentenced in August 2000 to 285 days in jail and fined $300.
  • (8) Freddy Shepherd and the ‘Toongate tapes’, 1998 Mahmood won Reporter of the Year in 1999 after he revealed that the Newcastle United chairman and his deputy had described women from Newcastle as “dogs”, mocked ex-manager Kevin Keegan for being like Shirley Temple and laughed at loyal supporters, known as the Toon Army, for buying expensive replica shirts.
  • (9) What stands out for me was that “Toon, Toon” song going on for twenty minutes.
  • (10) This represents from one-fifth toone-third of the need for services from organized programs among this groups.
  • (11) The head of the National Crime Agency, Donald Toon, notes that “the London property market has been skewed by laundered money.
  • (12) The home fixture between Newcastle United and Chelsea, at St James’ Park, was not a good Saturday for black Geordies to hit the Toon.
  • (13) As a teenager, Toon had two serious encounters with the criminal justice system.
  • (14) A Dallas County court clerk confirmed details of the case on Wednesday but was unable to confirm how long Toon served in jail.
  • (15) Meanwhile, children’s broadcasters from the BBC and Disney to Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are finding new digital ways to deliver their shows to children alongside their traditional channels, while startups like Hopster and Toon Goggles have launched mobile apps to deliver shows.
  • (16) The Toon get the ball rolling, then sailing through the air.
  • (17) The Toon need you.” Such messages were backed up an incessant two-word soundtrack set to the tune of La Bamba.
  • (18) The shadow home secretary welcomed the fact that May had bowed to the political pressure applied by Labour, including its decision to raise the issue at prime minister's questions and to call an opposition Commons debate toon Wednesday.
  • (19) Carroll was reported in today's Daily Star to have sent texts to Steve Wraith, editor of the Toon Talk fanzine, claiming he felt he had being forced out of the club.
  • (20) Luckily for the Toon, who had sent the big defenders upfield, City misplace their passes and Williamson eventually snuffs the move out.

Toot


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To stand out, or be prominent.
  • (v. i.) To peep; to look narrowly.
  • (v. t.) To see; to spy.
  • (v. i.) To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown.
  • (v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Balakrishnan group's beliefs were mocked in the diary column of the Times, prompting speculation that it may have been a partial model for the Tooting Popular Front, the ludicrous political movement in Citizen Smith, the BBC sitcom, which began in 1977.
  • (2) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian At the cutting edge, literally, of NHS treatment, we saw “awake craniotomy” at St George’s hospital, Tooting, south London.
  • (3) Also, in common with many other criminals, after the scandal of the taping of the current minister of state, Department for Transport, the right honourable member for Tooting [Sadiq Khan], on a prison visit, he believes all these meetings are taped and he says this will back him up.
  • (4) So I don't actually care whether Gideon had a toot or not.
  • (5) They shouldn’t have made you feed in a way you didn’t want to, it’s illegal.” Tooting Baby (@Tootingbaby) .
  • (6) It is now being stopped entirely in Wimbledon, Tooting and Mitcham.
  • (7) Khan’s side points out that Goldsmith himself invited Gani – who the Tory candidate now describes as “one of the most repellent men in the country” – to a campaign event at the Tooting Islamic Centre.
  • (8) Khan has been MP for Tooting since 2005 and a government whip since last year.
  • (9) Janet Eades, a retired teacher from Wandsworth who is leading the campaign against the free school, said: "I would like to know what the demand and need is for this school in Tooting, which was deemed viable by the department of education because there was a need in Lambeth.
  • (10) Fire engines were sent from East Ham, Ilford, Plaistow, Stratford, Shadwell, Millwall, Homerton, Dagenham, East Greenwich and Tooting fire stations.
  • (11) Theresa Drzewiecka, 55, is a nurse at the Tooting practice, and said that people also saw her because they were confident of her training.
  • (12) The odd white van toots at this mass of running students.
  • (13) The mother was taken to St George's hospital, Tooting, south London, and arrested on suspicion of murder after treatment to minor wounds.
  • (14) You do not want to be lab rats in the first Corbyn economic experiment in public life.” Khan, the MP for Tooting, has previously sought to distance himself from the Labour leadership, arguing that a key part of the job of London mayor is to be an advocate for the capital and not for a political party.
  • (15) The generosity of my constituents in Tooting, and people across Britain, has been truly inspiring.
  • (16) The idea that those people are going to switch to Labour doesn’t make sense.” On the streets of Springboig in the late morning sunshine, Curran cuts a familiar figure, enjoying tooting car horns and welcoming handshakes.
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An ‘awake craniotomy’ at St George’s hospital, Tooting, south London.
  • (18) The Metronews freesheet went further, saying a Khan victory would make the Tooting MP “ the first Muslim mayor of a European capital ”.
  • (19) In Tooting, south London, classes showing parents invaluable skills such as how to administer CPR and stop a child from choking will be held at the Trafalgar pub, near St George’s hospital.
  • (20) The MP for Tooting has demanded ministers put an end to individuals using anonymous off-shore tax havens to buy up houses and land.

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