Harp vs Harm - What's the difference?
harp | harm |
A musical instrument consisting of an upright frame strung with strings that are stroked or plucked with the fingers.
(label) A harmonica.
(label) A grain sieve.
To repeatedly mention a subject.
(label) To play on (a harp or similar instrument)
(label) To play (a tune) on the harp.
(label) To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
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, title= That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
* (William Shakespeare)
As proper nouns the difference between harp and harm
is that harp is for a player of the harp while harm is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".harp
English
(wikipedia harp)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* harpistSee also
* lyreVerb
(en verb)- (US)
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English
(wikipedia harm)Noun
(en noun)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.}}
- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .
