Pare vs Tailor - What's the difference?
pare | tailor |
to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife
to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off
to trim the hoof of a horse
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
(Australia) The fish .
To make, repair, or alter clothes.
To make or adapt (something) for a specific need.
To restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need
In transitive terms the difference between pare and tailor
is that pare is to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off while tailor is to restrict (something) in order to meet a particular need.As a noun tailor is
a person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.pare
English
Verb
(par)- We pared the paired pears.
- Albert had to pare his options down by disregarding anything beyond his meager budget.
Synonyms
* to peel * to skinDerived terms
* cheeseparing * parer * paring * paring knife * pare away * pare down * pare offAnagrams
* ----tailor
English
(wikipedia tailor)Alternative forms
* tailour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* tailorbird * tailoress * tailor-fashion * tailor-made * tailor's chalk * tailor's dummySynonyms
* (fish ) bluefishVerb
(en verb)- .
