Tao vs Tar - What's the difference?
tao | tar |
(Taoism) The essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality.
(Confucianism) The way or path to be followed.
(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 nouns the difference between tao and tar
is that tao is the essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality 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 verb tar is
to coat with tar.As a proper noun Tar is
a village in Hungary.tao
English
(wikipedia tao)Alternative forms
* daoNoun
(-)See also
* anankeAnagrams
* * * ----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.