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Nart vs Nark - What's the difference?

nart | nark |

As nouns the difference between nart and nark

is that nart is instep (the arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle) while nark is (british|slang) a police spy or informer or nark can be (narcotics officer).

As a verb nark is

(slang) to serve or behave as a spy or informer.

nart

English

Contraction

(en-cont)
  • (obsolete)
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    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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