Pave vs Tar - What's the difference?
pave | tar | Synonyms |
(British) To cover something with paving slabs.
(Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
Coal tar.
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
black tar, a form of heroin
To coat with tar.
To besmirch.
(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
(computing) A file produced by such a program.
(computing) To create a tar archive.
(musical instruments) a Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus
As verbs the difference between pave and tar
is that pave is to cover something with paving slabs while tar is to coat with tar.As nouns the difference between pave and tar
is that pave is a paved surface, a pavement (now only in French contexts) while tar is a black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.As a proper noun Tar is
a village in Hungary.pave
English
Verb
- pave over paradise, put up a parking lot
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)tar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at tree.Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* coal tar * mineral tar * tar board * Tar Heel * tar water * tarmacadam, tarmac * tarpaulin * wood tarVerb
- Although he was found innocent, the allegations had tarred his name.