Yarn vs Arab - What's the difference?
yarn | arab |
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
* , chapter=4
, title= Of or pertaining to Arabs and their nations.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
, volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= A Semitic person, whose antecedents were from Arabia
An inhabitant of Arabia
A member of an Arabic-speaking community
A particular breed of horse.
As nouns the difference between yarn and arab
is that yarn is (uncountable) a twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving while arab is (l).As a verb yarn
is to tell a story.As an adjective arab is
(l), arabic.yarn
English
Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn , but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}
Synonyms
* (story or tale) story, taleDerived terms
* yarn-beam * yarn-spinner * yarnwindleSee also
* hank * twineDerived terms
* yarnerAnagrams
* *arab
English
Usage notes
The second pronunciation (with a long "a" sound) is derogatory and used only in the sense of a person.Adjective
(-)Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution, passage=The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.}}