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Herbal vs Nard - What's the difference?

herbal | nard |

As nouns the difference between herbal and nard

is that herbal is a manual of herbs and their medical uses while nard is a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the himalayas of china, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments or nard can be testicles.

As an adjective herbal

is made from or with herbs.

herbal

English

Alternative forms

* herball (obsolete)

Adjective

(head)
  • Made from or with herbs.
    • Herbal tea has a nice aroma and is good for a stuffy head.
  • Made from natural herbs specifically as opposed to from synthetic materials.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}
    People think herbal supplements are safer because they are natural.

    Derived terms

    * herbal body wrap * herbal medicine * herbal tea * herbal wrap

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A manual of herbs and their medical uses
  • * {{quote-news, year=2005, date=January 7, author=Cecil Adams, title=The Straight Dope, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=It can still be found in herbals and such, which describe it as a sedative and cough suppressant. }}
  • An herbal supplement
  • * {{quote-news, year=2003, date=March 7, author=Jeffrey Felshman, title=The Killer Inside Me, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=I took a ride to the shopping strip at Belmont and Central and stocked up on herbals at three Polish New Age health stores. }}

    nard

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) narde, from (etyl) nardus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

  • A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
  • A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
    • there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde , that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
  • Spikenard
    • Related terms
    * spikenard

    References

    * nard'', in ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary , 2nd edition, 1987.

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Testicles.
    • The soccer ball hit me right in the nards !
    Synonyms
    * (testicles) balls, nuts

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (plant or oil)

    • References

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • valerian

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)