Tamped vs Tarped - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between tamped and tarped

is that tamped is past tense of tamp while tarped is past tense of tarp.

is pounded hard.

(head)

(tamp)

(en adjective)

pounded hard

packed down

* 1957': whose floor was of '''tamped earth — Lawrence Durrell, ''Justine , p.85 (Faber)

(head)

(tarp)

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(wikipedia tarp)

(en noun)

Short form of tarpaulin.

* 1986 , , Concrete: Under the Desert Stars , Dark Horse Books

{Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp , we don’t want the rug splattered.

* The short form might be perceived as informal, but it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.

(en verb)

To cover something with a tarpaulin.

* 2001 , Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting , page 136

The load may be tarped' for serious white water, but ' tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.

(en noun)

(humorous, chiefly, Internet slang)

* part * prat * rapt * trap ----