Darl vs Carl - What's the difference?
darl | carl |
(informal) darling
* 2004 , Marie Seltenrych, Five Golden Rings and a Diamond (page 306)
* 2010 , Joanna Neil, ?Lucy Clark, Posh Doc, Society Wedding / New Boss, New-Year Bride
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!
(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 […].
As nouns the difference between darl and carl
is that darl is (informal) darling while carl is a student at (carleton college), minnesota.As a proper noun carl is
.darl
English
Noun
- 'Well if you're sure. I was going to make myself a cup of tea before it gets too hot. Do you want one?' 'No. I'll be right. Listen darl , I brought you back something, and the kids,' he says, opening his backpack
- 'Hello, darl . This must be the newest addition to our family.' Melissa's attention was wrenched away from her confusing thoughts about Joss as she was enveloped in a warm hug from a woman just a little shorter than her.
