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Lam vs Lac - What's the difference?

lam | lac |

As nouns the difference between lam and lac

is that lam is a flap (on the sides of a truck's bed) while lac is lake.

lam

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lemja.

Noun

(-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

    • Verb

  • To beat or thrash

    • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    lac

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Noun

  • A resinous substance produced mainly on the banyan tree by the female of Coccus lacca , a scale-shaped insect.
    • Derived terms
    * Ceylon lac * lac dye * lac lake * Mexican lac * seedlac * shellac * sticklac

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * lakh

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One hundred thousand (commonly used in Pakistan and India).

    • Etymology 3

    From Cadillac.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) Short for Cadillac.
    • Last night I was driving around in my lac .
  • * 1992 , Big Mello, Bone Hard Zaggin , Rap-A-Lot Records, track 5. "Mac's Drive 'Lac's"
    • Macs drive lacs .

    Synonyms

    * (Cadillac) caddie, caddy

    Anagrams

    * * * English terms derived from Hindi English terms derived from Persian English terms derived from Urdu ----