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Mac vs Mar - What's the difference?

mac | mar |

As nouns the difference between mac and mar

is that mac is short for mackintosh (a raincoat) while mar is a small lake.

As proper nouns the difference between mac and mar

is that mac is a diminutive of the male given name Max while Mar is alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.

As a prefix Mac

is son of.

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 mar is

to spoil, to damage.

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

    * * * * ----

    mar

    English

    Etymology 1

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

    Verb

    (marr)
  • To spoil, to damage.
  • * Dryden
    • But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
  • * Milton
    • Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.

    Etymology 2

    See (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small lake.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) ----