Spruik vs. Tout

Spruik vs. Tout — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Spruik and Tout

Spruikverb

To promote a thing or idea to another person, usually informally.

Toutnoun

Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.

Toutnoun

A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.

Toutnoun

A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.

Toutnoun

(colloquial) An informer in the Irish Republican Army.

Toutnoun

(card games) In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.

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Toutverb

(transitive) To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.

Toutverb

(obsolete) To look upon or watch.

Toutverb

To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).

Toutverb

To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.

Toutverb

To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.

Toutverb

To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.

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Toutverb

(intransitive) To look for, try to obtain; used with for.

To understand the new London, I lived it. I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb. (Ben Judah on BBC Business Daily, March 1, 2016)

Toutnoun

someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

Toutnoun

someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

Toutnoun

one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

Toutverb

advertize in strongly positive terms;

This product was touted as a revolutionary invention

Toutverb

show off