Rot and Sour

Rot

Rot verb - To become worse or of less value.
Usage example: the house slowly fell into disrepair and rotted

Sour and rot are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sour" instead a verb "Rot".

Nearby Words: rotted, rotting, rote

Sour

Sour verb - To cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring.

Rot and sour are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rot" instead a verb "Sour".

Nearby Words: sourness, soured, sourish, souring, sourly

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

bit rot bit sour bit

Both words in one sentence

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