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Curdle vs Ern - What's the difference?

curdle | ern |

As a verb curdle

is (ambitransitive) to form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds (usually said of milk).

As an initialism ern is

nakfa, the currency used in eritrea.

curdle

English

Verb

(curdl)
  • (ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
  • Too much lemon will curdle the milk in your tea.
  • (ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
  • * 1814, Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
  • "Vich Ian Vohr," it said, in a voice that made my very blood curdle , "beware of to-morrow!"
  • To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
  • * 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
  • It is enough,' said the agitated Mr. Slurk, pacing to and fro, 'to curdle the ink in one's pen, and induce one to abandon their cause for ever.'

    Derived terms

    * curdled

    Anagrams

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    ern

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alteration of (erne)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ernen, from (etyl) irnan, . More at (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To run; flow.
  • To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
  • Etymology 3

    Of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of erme, from (etyl) ermen, from (etyl) yrman, ierman. Compare also Old Scots urn, uren. More at (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
  • To pain; torture.
  • (of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.
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