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Marc vs Mar - What's the difference?

marc | mar |

As nouns the difference between marc and mar

is that marc is march while mar is sea.

marc

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) marc.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.
  • An alcoholic spirit distilled from the marc of grapes.
  • * 1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 298:
    • There were a few men in the cafĂ© sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 60:
    • The fire was restoked and the army of wine-bottles gave way to a smaller phalanx of brandies, Armagnacs and Marcs , to offset the large bowls of coffee from which rose plumes of fragrance.

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * mark

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A weight of various commodities, especially of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces.
  • (obsolete) A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence.
  • (obsolete) A German coin and money of account; the mark.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    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) ----