Fart vs Wart - What's the difference?

fart | wart |

As nouns the difference between fart and wart

is that fart is (informal) an emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus while wart is guard, ward.

As a verb fart

is (informal|mildly|vulgar) to emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate.

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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wart

English

(wikipedia wart)

Noun

(en noun)

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.

(computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

* 1998 , "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.vc.language )

Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.

* 2002 , "Linonut", Computer Science'' (on newsgroup ''comp.os.linux.advocacy )

Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.

Derived terms

* genital wart * Peruvian wart * plantar wart * wall wart * warthog * warty * warts and all * warty toad