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Mac vs Coat - What's the difference?

mac | coat |

As nouns the difference between mac and coat

is that mac is short for mackintosh (a raincoat) while coat is an outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.Wp

As a prefix Mac

is son of.

As a proper noun Mac

is a diminutive of the male given name Max.

As an acronym MAC

is maximum Allowable Concentration, the maximum concentration of a pollutant which is considered harmless to healthy adults during their working hours, assuming they breathe uncontaminated air at all other times.

As a verb coat is

to cover with a coat of some material.

mac

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from mackintosh

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short for mackintosh (a raincoat).

    • Etymology 2

    Shortened from macaroni

    Noun

    (-)
  • Short for macaroni.
    • Is there any mac and cheese left?
    Derived terms
    * mac 'n' cheese

    Anagrams

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    coat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

  • (lb) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
  • *
  • *:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
  • *
  • *:Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days.Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  • (lb) A covering of material, such as paint.(w)
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:Fruit of all kinds, in coat / Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell.
  • (lb) The fur or feathers covering an animal's skin.
  • :
  • Canvas painted with thick tar and secured round a mast or bowsprit to prevent water running down the sides into the hold (now made of rubber or leather).
  • (lb) A petticoat.
  • *(John Locke) (1632-1705)
  • *:a child in coats
  • The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.
  • *(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
  • *:Men of his coat should be minding their prayers.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:She was sought by spirits of richest coat .
  • A coat of arms.(w)
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, / Or tear the lions out of England's coat .
  • A coat card.
  • *(Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
  • *:Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived.

    • Derived terms

    * buffy coat * coat of arms * greatcoat * covert-coat * overcoat

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a coat of some material
    • One can buy coated frying pans, which are much easier to wash up than normal ones.
  • To cover as a coat.

    • Anagrams

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