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Carl vs Harl - What's the difference?

carl | harl |

As nouns the difference between carl and harl

is that carl is a rude, rustic man; a churl while harl is a fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.

As a verb carl

is to snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.

As a proper noun Carl

is a given name derived from Germanic.

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

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    harl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather
  • :* 1974': She pushed her fingers under the cream lace, into the ginger '''harl of spun glass. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!
  • A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.