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Jar vs Jug - What's the difference?

jar | jug |

In transitive terms the difference between jar and jug

is that jar is to shock or surprise while jug is to stew in an earthenware jug etc.

As an initialism JAR

is initialism of Java ARchive|lang=en.

jar

English

(wikipedia jar)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
    • Synonyms
    * pot
    Derived terms
    * cookie jar * jam jar, jamjar * mason jar * spice jar

    Etymology 2

    Unknown; perhaps imitative.

    Verb

  • To knock or strike sharply.
    • He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
  • To shock or surprise.
    • I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
  • To look strangely different; to stand out awkwardly from its surroundings; to be incongruent.
  • To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly.
    • The notes jarred on my ears.
  • * Shakespeare:
    • When such strings jar , what hope of harmony?
  • * Roscommon:
    • A string may jar in the best master's hand.
  • To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
  • * Spenser:
    • When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar .
  • * Milton:
    • For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shake.
  • A sense of alarm or dismay.
  • Discord, contention; quarrelling.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
    • He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].
  • * 1612 , John Smith, Proceedings , in Kupperman 1988, page 122:
    • To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.
    Synonyms
    * (knock sharply) (l)
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    jug

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A serving vessel or container, circular in cross-section and typically higher than it is wide, with a relatively small mouth or spout, a handle and often a stopper or top.
  • The amount that a jug can hold.
  • (slang) Jail.
  • (vulgar, slang, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breasts.
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  • (New Zealand) A kettle.

    • Derived terms

    * jug band * jug ears * measuring jug

    External links

    * (wikipedia "jug")

    Verb

    (jugg)
  • To stew in an earthenware jug etc.
    • jugged hare
  • (slang) To put into jail.
  • To utter a sound like "jug", as certain birds do, especially the nightingale.
  • (of quails or partridges) To nestle or collect together in a covey.