Parried vs Tarried - What's the difference?
parried | tarried |
(parry)
A defensive or deflective action; an act of parrying.
(fencing) A simple defensive action designed to deflect an attack, performed with the forte of the blade.
To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos
, work=BBC Sport
(tarry)
To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
To stay somewhere temporarily; to sojourn.
To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
* Shakespeare
* Sir Walter Scott
A sojourn.
Resembling tar.
Covered with tar.
As verbs the difference between parried and tarried
is that parried is past tense of parry while tarried is past tense of tarry.parried
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*parry
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* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(parries)Derived terms
* beat parry * opposition parry * yielding parryVerb
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tarried
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*tarry
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* (l) (Scotland)Etymology 1
From (etyl) tarien, .Verb
(en-verb)- It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry . (
Hitchens
quoting translated Maimonides)
- He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
- He plodded on, tarrying no further question.
