Target vs Parget - What's the difference?

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between target and parget

is that target is (obsolete) a shield resembling the roman scutum in modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term while parget is (obsolete) to paint; to cover over.

As nouns the difference between target and parget

is that target is a butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile while parget is gypsum or plaster stone.

As verbs the difference between target and parget

is that target is to aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target) while parget is to coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues.

target

English

(wikipedia target)

Noun

(en noun)

A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.

A goal or objective.

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A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.

* 1598 , William Shakespeare, Henry IV , Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 200,

These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target , thus.

(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.

* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 22,

The target or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.

(sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.

(surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.

(rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.

(cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win

(linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.

(translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.

A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.

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, title= Bulgaria 0-3 England , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.}}

Derived terms

* targeter * targeting

Synonyms

* See also * (translated version) target language

Coordinate terms

* (translated version) source

Verb

To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).

(figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.

The advertising campaign targeted older women.

(computing) To produce code suitable for.

This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.

parget

English

Noun

(pargets)

Gypsum or plaster stone.

* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.135:

Blind parget cherubs watched from the high corners.

Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.

(obsolete) Paint, especially for the face.

Verb

To coat with parget; to plaster, as walls, or the interior of flues.

* Sir T. Herbert

to parget the outside of their houses.

* Robert Louis Stevenson

the pargeted ceiling with pendants

(obsolete) To paint; to cover over.