Marc vs Teddy - What's the difference?
marc | teddy |
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:
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 60:
(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)
By extension, any stuffed toy.
A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.
* 2003 , Michelle Lee, The Observer , 4 May 03:
As nouns the difference between marc and teddy
is that marc is the refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed while teddy is abbreviation of lang=en.As proper nouns the difference between marc and teddy
is that marc is a given name derived from Latin, a French variant of Mark while Teddy is a diminutive of the male given names Edward and Theodore.marc
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) marc.Noun
(en-noun)- There were a few men in the café sitting with coffee and glasses of kirsch or marc on the tables.
- 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
* markNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----teddy
English
Noun
(teddies)- Silk teddies and negligées up front, knickers fanned out on tables in the centre, bras hanging in the back - there are no minutes lost finding your bearings.
