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Garnisht vs Tarnisht - What's the difference?

garnisht | tarnisht |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between garnisht and tarnisht

is that garnisht is (obsolete) (garnish) while tarnisht is (obsolete) (tarnish).

As verbs the difference between garnisht and tarnisht

is that garnisht is (obsolete) (garnish) while tarnisht is (obsolete) (tarnish).

garnisht

English

Verb

(head)
  • (obsolete) (garnish)

    • garnish

    English

    Verb

  • To decorate with ornamental appendages; to set off; to adorn; to embellish.
  • * Spenser
    • All within with flowers was garnished .
  • (cooking) To ornament, as a dish, with something laid about it; as, a dish garnished with parsley.
  • To furnish; to supply.
    • By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13, KJV)
  • (slang, archaic) To fit with fetters; to fetter
    • (Johnson)
  • (legal) To warn by garnishment; to give notice to; to garnishee.

    • Derived terms

    * garnishee * garnishment * garnishor

    Related terms

    * garrison * garment

    Noun

    (garnishes)
  • A set of dishes, often pewter, containing a dozen pieces of several types.
  • Pewter vessels in general.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 478:
    • The accounts of collegiate and monastic institutions give abundant entries of the price of pewter vessels, called also garnish .
  • Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament; also, dress; garments, especially when showy or decorated.
  • * Shakespeare
    • So are you, sweet, / Even in the lovely garnish of a boy.
  • * Prior
    • Matter and figure they produce; / For garnish this, and that for use.
  • (cookery) Something set round or upon a dish as an embellishment.
  • (slang, obsolete) Fetters.
  • (slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
    • (Fielding)

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    tarnisht

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (tarnish)

    • tarnish

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation.
    • Careful storage of silver will prevent it from tarnishing .
  • To soil, sully, damage or compromise
    • He is afraid that he will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees.
  • (figurative) To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull.
  • * Dryden
    • Till thy fresh glories, which now shine so bright, / Grow stale and tarnish with our daily sight.