In obsolete terms the difference between card and carl
is that card is a map or chart while carl is to snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
As nouns the difference between card and carl
is that card is a playing card while carl is a rude, rustic man; a churl.
As verbs the difference between card and carl
is that card is to check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement while carl is to snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
As a proper noun Carl is
a given name derived from Germanic.
card
Translingual
Symbol
(head)
(label) cardinality
Synonyms
* (cardinality)
carl
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) carl, from (etyl)
Noun
(
en noun)
A rude, rustic man; a churl.
* 1974', In Lent noblemen and '''carls alike had got into the traces and pulled the carts of stone themselves. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.
Alternative forms
* carle
Verb
(
en verb)
(obsolete) To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
*, New York 2001, p.210:
*:full of ache, sorrow, and grief, children again, dizzards, they carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish, displeased with everything […].
Anagrams
*
----