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Barf vs Barn - What's the difference?

barf | barn |

As nouns the difference between barf and barn

is that barf is (us|colloquial) vomit while barn is (label) a building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle or barn can be (dialect|parts of northern england) a child.

As verbs the difference between barf and barn

is that barf is (us|colloquial) to vomit while barn is to lay up in a barn.

barf

English

Noun

(-)
  • (US, colloquial) vomit
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US, colloquial) To vomit.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

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    barn

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A building, often found on a farm, used for storage or keeping animals such as cattle.
  • * , chapter=11
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=One day I was out in the barn and he drifted in. I was currying the horse and he set down on the wheelbarrow and begun to ask questions.}}
  • (label) A unit of surface area equal to 10-28 square metres.
  • An arena.
  • Derived terms
    * barnstar * barnstorm * barnyard * barn dance * barn door * barn owl * barn-raising * born in a barn * raised in a barn * smell the barn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lay up in a barn.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Men often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain.
    (Fuller)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) barn, bern, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, parts of Northern England) A child.
  • Synonyms
    * (child) bairn

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