Modder vs Madder - What's the difference?
modder | madder |
A herbaceous plant, , native to Asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye obtained from the root.
The root of the plant, used as a medicine or a dye.
A dye made from the plant.
A deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
Of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye.
(mad)
* c.1720 Jonathan Swift (translation from the Irish) "
As nouns the difference between modder and madder
is that modder is (informal) one who modifies a mass-manufactured object or software while madder is a herbaceous plant, , native to asia, cultivated for a red-purple dye obtained from the root or madder can be .As an adjective madder is
of a deep reddish purple colour, like that of the dye or madder can be (mad).modder
English
madder
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(wikipedia madder)Etymology 1
(etyl) , from Germanic, perhaps from an Indo-European base meaning "blue." Cognate with (etyl) madra.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (Rubia tinctorum) common madder, dyer's madderDerived terms
* (field madder) * Indian madder * madder yellow * rose madder * wild madderAdjective
(-)See also
* bedstraw * bluets * genipap *Etymology 2
Inflected forms.Adjective
(head)Etymology 3
From meadNoun
(en noun)O'Rourke's Feast":
- Usequebaugh to our feast - In pails was brought up,
- A hundred at least, - And the madder our cup,
- O there is the sport!
References
* Tenison, Thomas Joseph (1860)"On Methers and Other Ancient Drinking Vessels"Journal of the Kilkenny and South-East of Ireland Archaeological Society Vol.3NS No.1 p.54