Hat vs. Hut

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Main Difference

The main difference between Hat and Hut is that the Hat is a shaped head covering, having a brim and a crown, or one of these and Hut is a dwelling

  • Hat

    A hat is a head covering which is worn for various reasons, including protection against weather conditions, ceremonial reasons such as university graduation, religious reasons, safety, or as a fashion accessory. In the past, hats were an indicator of social status. In the military, hats may denote nationality, branch of service, rank or regiment. Police typically wear distinctive hats such as peaked caps or brimmed hats, such as those worn by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Some hats have a protective function. As examples, the hard hat protects construction workers’ heads from injury by falling objects and a British police Custodian helmet protects the officer’s head, a sun hat shades the face and shoulders from the sun, a cowboy hat protects against sun and rain and a Ushanka fur hat with fold-down earflaps keeps the head and ears warm. Some hats are worn for ceremonial purposes, such as the mortarboard, which is worn (or carried) during university graduation ceremonies. Some hats are worn by members of a certain profession, such as the Toque worn by chefs. Some hats have religious functions, such as the mitres worn by Bishops and the turban worn by Sikhs.

  • Hut

    A hut is a primitive dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, hides, fabric, or mud using techniques passed down through the generations.

    A hut is a shape of a lower quality than a house (durable, well built dwelling) but higher quality than a shelter (place of refuge or safety) such as a tent and is used as temporary or seasonal shelter or in primitive societies as a permanent dwelling.

    Huts exist in practically all nomadic cultures. Some huts are transportable and can stand most conditions of weather.

Wikipedia
  • Hat (noun)

    A covering for the head, often in the approximate form of a cone or a cylinder closed at its top end, and sometimes having a brim and other decoration.

  • Hat (noun)

    A particular role or capacity that a person might fill.

  • Hat (noun)

    Any receptacle from which numbers/names are pulled out in a lottery.

  • Hat (noun)

    A hat switch.

  • Hat (noun)

    The háček symbol.

  • Hat (noun)

    The caret symbol ^.

  • Hat (noun)

    User rights on a website, such as the right to edit pages others cannot.

  • Hat (verb)

    To place a hat on.

  • Hat (verb)

    To appoint as cardinal.

  • Hut (noun)

    a small wooden shed

  • Hut (noun)

    a primitive dwelling

  • Hut (verb)

    To put into a hut.

    “to hut troops in winter quarters”

  • Hut (verb)

    To take shelter in a hut.

  • Hut (interjection)

    Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

Wiktionary
  • Hut (noun)

    a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter

    “a beach hut”

  • Hut (verb)

    provide with huts

    “it will be advisable to hut the troops, for their protection during the cold season”

Oxford Dictionary

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