Garned vs Yarned - What's the difference?
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* 2007 , "USF women's hoops picked sixth", Examiner.com, Oct 10, 2007
(yarn)
(uncountable) A twisted strand of fiber used for knitting or weaving.
(nautical) Bundles of fibers twisted together, and which in turn are twisted in bundles to form strands, which in their turn are twisted or plaited to form rope.
(countable) A story, a tale, especially one that is incredible.
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As verbs the difference between garned and yarned
is that garned is while yarned is (yarn).garned
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Verb
(head)- The playing could not have been at fault, since the two principals garned notices every bit as friendly as the play’s.
Re: Bradbury's pissed”, in misc.writing, Usenet ,
- No, you are not disqualified -- but if your information is garned from other sources, it is subject to those sources [sic] opinions and their viewpoints ... and hence, cannot be truly your opinion, unless you feel the need to exactly mirror *their* opinions, based on their say-so. [ellipsis in original]
- Waynesburg is now 6-0 and ranked No. 25 in the AFCA Division III poll, though the Yellow Jackets haven’t garned so much as a single vote in the D3football.com poll.
- Loyola Marymount garned one first-place vote.
yarned
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(head)Anagrams
*yarn
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Noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=I told him about everything I could think of; and what I couldn't think of he did. He asked about six questions during my yarn , but every question had a point to it. At the end he bowed and thanked me once more. As a thanker he was main-truck high; I never see anybody so polite.}}