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Marv vs Mar - What's the difference?

marv | mar |

As proper nouns the difference between marv and mar

is that marv is a diminutive of the male given name Marvin while Mar is alternative form of Mar.|lang=en.

As an adjective marv

is marvellous, fantastic.

As a verb mar is

to spoil, to damage.

As a noun mar is

a small lake.

marv

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (colloquial) marvellous, fantastic
    • ----

    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) ----