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Lark vs Lask - What's the difference?

lark | lask |

As nouns the difference between lark and lask

is that lark is any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae while lask is diarrhoea (now only of animals).

As a verb lark

is to catch larks.

As a proper noun Lark

is {{surname|from=nicknames}}, from {{term|lark|lang=en}} as a byname or for a catcher and seller of larks.

lark

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) larke, laverke, from (etyl) ), of unknown ultimate origin with no known cognates outside of Germanic.

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various small, singing passerine birds of the family Alaudidae .
  • Any of various similar-appearing birds, but usually ground-living, such as the meadowlark and titlark.
  • One who wakes early; one who is up with the larks.
    • Synonyms
    * (one who wakes early) early bird, early riser
    Hyponyms
    * woodlark, skylark, magpie-lark, horned lark, sea lark, crested lark, shorelark
    Related terms
    * happy as a lark * lark bunting * larker * lark sparrow * larkspur, plant * skylark, the bird

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To catch larks.
    • to go larking

    External links

    * (lark) * (Alaudidae) * (Alaudidae)

    Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain, either * from a northern English dialectal term (lake)/), with an intrusive -r- as is common in southern British dialects; or * a shortening of (skylark) (1809), sailors' slang, "play roughly in the rigging of a ship", because the common European larks were proverbial for high-flying; Dutch has a similar idea in .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A romp, frolic, some fun.
    • (Charles Dickens)
  • A prank.
    • Synonyms
    * whim, especially in phrase on a whim
    Derived terms
    * on a lark

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sport, engage in harmless pranking.
  • To frolic, engage in carefree adventure.

    • References

    * *

    Anagrams

    *

    lask

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Diarrhoea (now only of animals).
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.263:
  • *:A grave and learned minister, and an ordinary preacher at Alkmaar in Holland, was (one day as he walked in the fields for his recreation) suddenly taken with a lask or looseness, and thereupon compelled to retire to the next ditch […].
  • * 1653 , Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician , Folio Society 2007, p. 150:
    • The emulsion or decoction of the seed stays lasks and continual fluxes, eases the colic, and allays the troublesome humours in the bowels […].