Austere vs Tart - What's the difference?
austere | tart | Related terms |
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
(of wine) high or too high in acidity.
(figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
(British, slang) A prostitute.
(British, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
To practice prostitution
To practice promiscuous sex
To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorish,or slutty
Austere is a related term of tart.
As adjectives the difference between austere and tart
is that austere is austere while tart is sharp to the taste; acid; sour.As a noun tart is
a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie or tart can be (british|slang) a prostitute.As a verb tart is
to practice prostitution.austere
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Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Synonyms
* (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellishedAntonyms
* (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashyDerived terms
* austerity * austerelytart
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) tart, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- I ate a very tart apple.
- He gave me a very tart reply.