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Mare vs Mar - What's the difference?

mare | mar |

Mar is a related term of mare.

Mar is a descendant of mare.



As nouns the difference between mare and mar

is that mare is an adult female horse while mar is a small lake.

As a verb mar is

to spoil, to damage.

As a proper noun Mar is

alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.

mare

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mare, mere, from (etyl) mere, . Alternative etymology cites derivation via (etyl) mere, miere'', from (etyl) ), from (etyl) ''markos'' (compare (etyl) march), from Iranian ''marikas'' (compare Old Persian ''marikas'' 'male, manly'), from ''maryas'' (compare Avestan ''mairya'' 'man; male animal'); akin to Sanskrit ''máryas 'young man; stallion'. More at marry.

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adult female horse.
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶.
  • A foolish woman.
  • *2007 , Hester Browne, Little Lady, Big Apple
  • *:The silly mare phoned your mother, talking about applying for a mortgage, and we don't want that, do we?
    • Antonyms
    * stallion and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)
    Coordinate terms
    * (adult female horse) foal and filly refer to younger horses, pony can refer to adult horses of either gender under a certain height.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) mare, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
  • (UK, colloquial) (Shortening of (nightmare)) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
    • I'm having a complete mare today.
    Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (maria)
  • (planetology) A dark, large circular plain; a “sea”.
  • (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    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) ----