Mar vs Smudge - What's the difference?
mar | smudge | Related terms |
To spoil, to damage.
* Dryden
* Milton
A blemish; a smear.
Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
(US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
To obscure by blurring; to smear.
To soil or smear with dirt.
To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
To stifle or smother with smoke.
(North American Indigenous) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual.
As verbs the difference between mar and smudge
is that mar is to spoil, to damage while smudge is to obscure by blurring; to smear.As nouns the difference between mar and smudge
is that mar is a small lake while smudge is a blemish; a smear.As a proper noun Mar
is alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.mar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(marr)- But mirth is marred , and the good cheer is lost.
- Ire, envy, and despair / Which marred all his borrowed visage.
Etymology 2
See (m).Anagrams
* (l), (l), (l) * (l) * (l), (l), (l) * (l) ----smudge
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- There was a smudge on the paper.
- (Grose)
- (Bartlett)
