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Carped vs Caried - What's the difference?

carped | caried |

As verbs the difference between carped and caried

is that carped is (carp) while caried is , (cary).

carped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (carp)

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    carp

    English

    (wikipedia carp)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) carpe, from .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae'', especially the common carp, ''Cyprinus carpio .
    • See also
    * koi

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  • (obsolete) To say; to tell.
  • (obsolete) To find fault with; to censure.
    • (Dryden)
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    caried

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • , (cary)

    • Cary

    English

    Proper noun

    (en-proper noun)
  • A surname, a less common spelling of Carey.
  • (male) transferred from the surnames.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Caroline.
  • The name of several towns in the United States:
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    • Quotations

    * 1849 Charlotte Brontë: Shirley : Chapter XXV: *: "My sister gave it to me - my only sister, Cary . Would that your aunt Caroline had lived to see her niece!" * 1999 Ian Rankin: Dead Souls ISBN 0312974205 page 246: *: "You'll laugh when I tell you my name. All I can say is, nobody consulted me ." *: "Why, what's your name?" Laughing now as he stepped past her into the hall. *: "Cary ," he told her. "After the actor. Only I've never managed to be quite so suave."

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    * * English surnames English diminutives of female given names