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Starry vs Tarry - What's the difference?

starry | tarry |

As adjectives the difference between starry and tarry

is that starry is having stars visible while tarry is resembling tar.

As a verb tarry is

to delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.

As a noun tarry is

a sojourn.

starry

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having stars visible.
    • Starry starry night, Portraits hung in empty halls, Frameless heads on nameless walls, With eyes that watch the world and can't forget - a song about called "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)"
  • Shaped like a star.

    • tarry

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (Scotland)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) tarien, .

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
    • It is true that the Messiah will come, though he may tarry . ( Hitchens quoting translated Maimonides)
  • 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
    • He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He plodded on, tarrying no further question.
    Synonyms
    * (stay or wait, especially longer than planned ): hang about, hang around, linger, loiter * (stay somewhere temporarily ): sojourn, stay, stay over, stop, stop over

    Noun

    (tarries)
  • A sojourn.
    • Synonyms
    * (sojourn ): stay, stop, stop-over

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling tar.
  • Covered with tar.
    • Synonyms
    * (resembling tar) pitchy * (covered with tar) bituminized (treated with tar ), pitchy

    References

    * * English heteronyms