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Came vs Tame - What's the difference?

came | tame |

As verbs the difference between came and tame

is that came is simple past of come while tame is to make something tame.

As a preposition came

is lang=en|Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

As a noun came

is a grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

As an adjective tame is

not or no longer wild; domesticated.

came

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (come)
  • (cum)

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • *
    • Synonyms
    * by, when [event, period, change in state] came]]/[[arrive, arrived

    See also

    * (preposition)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

    • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    tame

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Not or no longer wild; domesticated
    • They have a tame wildcat.
  • (chiefly, of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact
    • The lion was quite tame .
  • Not exciting
    • This party is too tame for me.
    For a thriller, that film was really tame .
  • Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless.
  • * Roscommon
    • tame slaves of the laborious plough
  • (mathematics, of a knot) Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "tame")
    Synonyms
    * (not exciting) dull, insipid
    Antonyms
    * (not wild) wild * (mild and well-behaved) gentle * (not exciting) exciting * (mathematics) wild
    Derived terms
    * tamely * tameness

    Verb

  • to make something
    • He tamed the wild horse.
  • to become
    • Derived terms
    * tamer

    External links

    * ("tame" on Wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare (etyl) .

    Verb

    (tam)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To broach or enter upon; to taste, as a liquor; to divide; to distribute; to deal out.
  • * Fuller
    • In the time of famine he is the Joseph of the country, and keeps the poor from starving. Then he tameth his stacks of corn, which not his covetousness, but providence, hath reserved for time of need.

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