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Harrier vs Tarrier - What's the difference?

harrier | tarrier |

As nouns the difference between harrier and tarrier

is that harrier is one who while tarrier is a layabout or loiterer; someone who tarries or tarrier can be .

As an adjective tarrier is

(tarry).

harrier

English

(wikipedia harrier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who .
  • Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
  • A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
  • A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.

    • Derived terms

    * African marsh harrier, Circus ranivorus * black marrier, Circus maurus * cinereous marrier, Circus cinereus * eastern marsh harrier, Circus spilonotus * hen harrier, Circus cyaneus * long-winged harrier, Circus buffoni * Malagasy marsh harrier, Circus maillardi * Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus * northern harrier, Circus cyaneus * pallid harrier, Circus macrourus * pied harrier, Circus melanoleucos * spotted harrier, Circus assimilis * swamp harrier, Circus approximans * Western harsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus

    tarrier

    English

    Etymology 1

    The Roman Catholic slang variation is possibly derived from Saint Erasmus being labeled as a tarrier of time before torture and execution for his beliefs.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A layabout or loiterer; Someone who tarries.
  • (slang, derogatory, UK, ethnic slur) A Roman Catholic of Northern Ireland or Scotland

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • (tarry)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)