Fart vs Fat - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between fart and fat

is that fart is to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate while fat is to make fat; to fatten.

As nouns the difference between fart and fat

is that fart is an emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus while fat is a large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

As an adjective fat is

carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

fart

English

(wikipedia fart)

Verb

(en verb)

(informal, mildly, vulgar) To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

* 1728 , , "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":

I fart with twenty ladies by;

They call me beast; and what care I?

To waste time with idle and inconsequential tasks; to go about one's activities in a lackadaisical manner; to be lazy or over-relaxed in one's manner or bearing.

Synonyms

* beef * blow off * break wind * cut one loose * cut the cheese * flatulate * guff * have gas * let one rip * pass gas * pass wind * poot * step on a duck * step on a frog * toot * blown bowel bugle * trouser cough (waste time with aimless activities) futz, fool around, fool about * See also

Noun

(en noun)

(informal) An emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus.

* , II.12:

Metrocles somewhat indiscreetly, as he was disputing in his Schole, in presence of his auditory, let a fart , for shame whereof he afterwards kept his house and could not be drawen abroad.

(colloquial, vulgar) An irritating person; a fool.

(colloquial, vulgar, potentially offensive) (usually as "old fart ") An elderly person; especially one perceived to hold old-fashioned views.

Synonyms

(an emission of flatulent gases) * barking spider * bottom burp * flatus * fluffer-doodle * air biscuit * poot * raspberry tart (Cockney rhyming slang) * toot * beef * See also

Derived terms

{{der3, armpit fart , brain fart , duck fart , fanny fart , farter , farting , fart sack , nun fart , old fart , sparrow-fart}}

Anagrams

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fat

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.

* Bible, Joel ii. 24

The fats shall overflow with wine[, strong drink] and oil.

* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, page 429:

In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat', for 6s. 10d., a wort ' fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.

(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.

Synonyms

* vat

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Adjective

(fatter)

Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.

:The fat man had trouble getting through the door.

:The fattest pig should yield the most meat.

Thick.

:The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.

*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat , fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

Bountiful.

Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.

(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

*(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)

*:making our western wits fat and mean

*(Bible), (w) vi. 10

*:Make the heart of this people fat .

Fertile; productive.

:a fat''' soil; a '''fat pasture

Rich; producing a large income; desirable.

:a fat''' benefice; a '''fat''' office; a '''fat job

*(Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)

*:now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk

Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.

*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

*:persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures

(dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.

:a fat''' take; a '''fat page

Synonyms

* (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also * (thick) thick * (bountiful) bountiful, prosperous

Antonyms

* Of sense (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) lean, skinny, slender, slim, thin

Derived terms

* (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) *

Noun

(en-noun)

(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.

(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.

That part of an organization deemed wasteful.

We need to trim the fat in this company

(slang) An erection.

"I saw Daniel crack a fat ."

(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)

The best or richest productions; the best part.

to live on the fat of the land

(dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.

Synonyms

* (animal tissue) adipose tissue, lard (in animals''; ''derogatory slang when used of human fat ) * (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) grease, lard

Derived terms

* * fat camp * fat chance * fatten

Verb

(archaic) To make fat; to fatten.

kill the fatted calf

(archaic) To become fat; to fatten.

Anagrams

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