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Narg vs Nark - What's the difference?

narg | nark |

As nouns the difference between narg and nark

is that narg is not a real gentleman while nark is a police spy or informer.

As a verb nark is

to serve or behave as a spy or informer.

narg

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Not a real gentleman.
  • * 1995 , Anti-C Tirade (Let's Hear it for Pascal), comp.lang.pascal.mac, September 30
    • But the school system is not perfect, so many kids still grow up to be NARGs'. Computer programming, as a young science, is ideal territory for a ' NARG .

    See also

    * (l)

    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.

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