Narc vs Marc - What's the difference?
narc | marc |
(slang)
(slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).
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 narc and marc
is that narc is (slang) a narcotics squad police officer or narc can be (slang) (spy) while marc is march.As a verb narc
is (slang) or narc can be (slang) to suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (eg while scuba diving).narc
English
(wikipedia narc)Etymology 1
Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".Etymology 2
Alternate spelling of .Verb
(en verb)- “If you narc on me, I’ll rip your arms off”, said Tim to his little brother, as he passed him a cigarette.
See also
* stool pigeonEtymology 3
Short for "narcosis", etymologically related to the first etymology (from "narcotics officer") but instead referring to the medical condition of nitrogen narcosis rather than to narcotics.Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*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.