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Prom vs Tattoo - What's the difference?

prom | tattoo |

As nouns the difference between prom and tattoo

is that prom is a promenade concert while tattoo is an image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

As a verb tattoo is

to apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

prom

English

(wikipedia prom)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) a promenade concert
  • (British, abbreviation) promenade
  • (US) a formal ball held at a college near the end of the academic year

    • Derived terms

    * high school prom / high-school prom / highschool prom * promposal

    Anagrams

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    tattoo

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (wikipedia tattoo) (en noun)
  • An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.
  • A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.

    • Verb

  • To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).
  • (baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.
    • Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

    Derived terms

    * tatt * tattoo artist * tattoo parlour *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) taptoe.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).
  • A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.
  • A military display or pageant.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) tatt? .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.