Lar vs Jar - What's the difference?
lar | jar |
A household or ancestral god in ancient Rome
*
The lar gibbon.
A small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.
To knock or strike sharply.
To shock or surprise.
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.
* Shakespeare:
* Roscommon:
To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.
* Spenser:
* Milton:
A shake.
A sense of alarm or dismay.
Discord, contention; quarrelling.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.ii:
* 1612 , John Smith, Proceedings , in Kupperman 1988, page 122:
As nouns the difference between lar and jar
is that lar is a household or ancestral god in ancient Rome while jar is a small, approximately cylindrical container, normally made of glass or clay, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes.As an abbreviation LAr
is abbreviation of lang=en|liquid argon a liquid composed of the liquid phase of molecular (atomic) argon (Ar.As a verb jar is
to knock or strike sharply.As an initialism JAR is
initialism of Java ARchive|lang=en.lar
English
Noun
(en-noun)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
* ----jar
English
(wikipedia jar)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* potDerived terms
* cookie jar * jam jar, jamjar * mason jar * spice jarEtymology 2
Unknown; perhaps imitative.Verb
- He hit it with a hammer, hoping he could jar it loose.
- I think the accident jarred him, as he hasn't gotten back in a car since.
- The notes jarred on my ears.
- When such strings jar , what hope of harmony?
- A string may jar in the best master's hand.
- When those renowned noble peers Greece / Through stubborn pride among themselves did jar .
- For orders and degrees / Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Noun
(en noun)- He maketh warre, he maketh peace againe, / And yet his peace is but continuall iarre [...].
- To redresse those jarres and ill proceedings, the Councell in England altered the governement and devolved the authoritie to the Lord De-la-ware.