Dent vs Mar - What's the difference?
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A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
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To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
To spoil, to damage.
* Dryden
* Milton
Mar is a synonym of dent.
As nouns the difference between dent and mar
is that dent is a shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact while mar is a small lake.As verbs the difference between dent and mar
is that dent is to impact something, producing a dent while mar is to spoil, to damage.As a proper noun Mar is
alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.dent
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) . More at dint.Noun
(en noun)- The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
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Verb
(en verb)- ''Copper is soft and dents easily.
Etymology 2
(etyl), from (etyl) dens, dentis, tooth. See tooth.Anagrams
* English ergative verbs ----mar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(marr)- But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
- Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.