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Nard vs Narc - What's the difference?

nard | narc |

As verbs the difference between nard and narc

is that nard is while narc is (slang) or narc can be (slang) to suffer from impaired judgment due to nitrogen narcosis (eg while scuba diving).

As a noun narc is

(slang) a narcotics squad police officer or narc can be (slang) (spy).

nard

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) narde, from (etyl) nardus, from (etyl) .

Noun

  • A flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas of China, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine said to fight insomnia, flatulence, birth difficulties, and other minor ailments.
  • A fragrant oil formerly much prized from the plant.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
    • there cam a woman with an alablaster boxe of oyntmenr, called narde , that was pure and costly, and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed.
  • Spikenard
    • Related terms
    * spikenard

    References

    * nard'', in ''Random House Unabridged Dictionary , 2nd edition, 1987.

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Testicles.
    • The soccer ball hit me right in the nards !
    Synonyms
    * (testicles) balls, nuts

    Anagrams

    * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

  • (plant or oil)

    • References

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • valerian

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    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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