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Mal vs Mar - What's the difference?

mal | mar |

As nouns the difference between mal and mar

is that mal is rent while mar is sea.

mal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • (only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
    • a grand mal seizure
    Derived terms
    * (illness) grand mal

    See also

    * malicious * Mal

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of malibu.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (surfing) A longboard (type of surfboard).

    • 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) ----