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Tore vs Fore - What's the difference?

tore | fore |

As nouns the difference between tore and fore

is that tore is custom, law while fore is forest .

tore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Full; rich.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tear) (rip, rend, speed).
    • Usage notes
    * The past tense of the other verb (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared).

    Etymology 3

    See torus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture)
  • (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
  • The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.

    • Etymology 4

    Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms ----

    fore

    English

    Etymology 1

    A development of the prefix .

    Adjective

  • (obsolete) Former; occurring earlier (in some order); previous.
    • the fore part of the day
  • Forward; situated towards the front (of something).
    • the fore end of a wagon
  • * 1969 , Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor , Penguin 2011, p. 23:
    • Crystal vases with crimson roses and golden-brown asters were set here and there in the fore part of the shop [...].
    Antonyms
    * (order) latter * (location) aft

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (golf) An exclamation yelled to inform players a ball is moving in their direction.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The front; the forward part of something; the foreground.
    • The fore was painted white.
  • * 2002 , Mark Bevir, The Logic of the History of Ideas :
    • People face a dilemma whenever they bring to the fore an understanding that appears inadequate in the light of the other beliefs they bring to bear on it.
    Related terms
    * fore-and-aft * foremost * forehead

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the part that precedes or goes first; opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc.
  • (obsolete) Formerly; previously; afore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The eyes, fore duteous, now converted are.
  • (nautical) In or towards the bows of a ship.

    • Etymology 2

    *

    Verb

    (head)
  • (fare)

    • Anagrams

    * * * English irregular simple past forms ----