Mare vs Marc - What's the difference?
mare | marc |
An adult female horse.
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*: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?
(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.
(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.
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)
As nouns the difference between mare and marc
is that mare is an adult female horse while marc is the refuse matter that remains after fruit, particularly grapes, has been pressed.As a proper noun Marc is
a given name derived from Latin, a French variant of Mark.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)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)- I'm having a complete mare today.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 3
From (etyl) .Noun
(maria)Anagrams
* English heteronyms ----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.
