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Lam vs Lar - What's the difference?

lam | lar |

As a noun lam

is a flap (on the sides of a truck's bed).

As an abbreviation lar is

(liquid argon).

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

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    lar

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A household or ancestral god in ancient Rome
  • *
  • The lar gibbon.

    • Usage notes

    (Lares) The first sense is most often used in English as the capitalized plurale tantum'' Lares. It is more often pluralized lares''' as in Latin than ' lars .

    Anagrams

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