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Narc vs Nark - What's the difference?

narc | nark | Alternative forms |

Nark is a alternative form of narc.



As nouns the difference between narc and nark

is that narc is a narcotics squad police officer while nark is a police spy or informer.

As verbs the difference between narc and nark

is that narc is an alternative spelling of lang=en while nark is to serve or behave as a spy or informer.

narc

English

(wikipedia narc)

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of "narcotics officer".

Noun

(en noun)
  • (slang) A narcotics squad police officer.
  • Etymology 2

    Alternate spelling of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) (spy)
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang)
  • “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 pigeon

    Etymology 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)
  • (slang) To suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (e.g. while scuba diving).
  • Anagrams

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    nark

    English

    (wikipedia nark)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) nak.

    Alternative forms

    * narc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) A police spy or informer.
  • * 1912 , , Act I,
  • It’s a—well, it’s a copper’s nark , as you might say. What else would you call it? A sort of informer.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
  • (slang) To annoy or irritate.
  • It really narks me when people smoke in restaurants.
  • (slang) To complain.
  • He narks in my ear all day, moaning about his problems.
  • (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
  • Nark it! I hear someone coming!
    Synonyms
    * * tattle

    Etymology 2

    See narc

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (narcotics officer).
  • References

    * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    Anagrams

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