Aorta vs Sorta - What's the difference?
aorta | sorta |
(label) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
(label) The liveliest part of something.
(informal) Sort of; somewhat; not quite.
* 1912 , Caspar Whitney, Albert Britt, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction , Volume 60,
* 1993 July, Sort of a Hero'', in '' ,
(colloquial) sort of.
* 2001 , Lawrence A. Wenzel, The Sandcastle at High Tide ,
As a noun aorta
is aorta.As an adverb sorta is
(informal) sort of; somewhat; not quite.As a contraction sorta is
(colloquial) sort of.aorta
English
(wikipedia aorta)Noun
(en-noun)- Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan. [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc]
Derived terms
* aortal * aorticSee also
* circulatory system ----sorta
English
Adverb
(-)- The portraits on the wall aren't so useful, just sorta cool to have around
page 680,
- 'Webb,' he says sorta sorrowful like, 'it looks like a howlin' shame to have a bang-up American girl hooked up to a money-grubbin' member of the British nobility. '
page 34,
- In fact the whole thing sorta backfired on old Chuck — and on me and Pete too. Instead of laughing about it, most people thought it was pretty crummy.
Synonyms
* kindaContraction
- There's gotta be some sorta explanation.
page 97,
- He glanced at her then back at me. "What sorta research?"
- "Well, war correspondent might not be too far off," I said.
