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Harm vs Harl - What's the difference?

harm | harl |

As a proper noun harm

is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

As a noun harl is

a fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

    • Derived terms

    * do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

    Anagrams

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    harl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather
  • :* 1974': She pushed her fingers under the cream lace, into the ginger '''harl of spun glass. — Guy Davenport, ''Tatlin!
  • A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.