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Tar vs Yar - What's the difference?

tar | yar |

As a proper noun tar

is a village in hungary.

As a verb yar is

to snarl; gnar.

As an adjective yar is

sour; brackish or yar can be quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

tar

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . More at tree.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
    • (Jonathan Swift)
  • black tar, a form of heroin
    • Derived terms
    * coal tar * mineral tar * tar board * Tar Heel * tar water * tarmacadam, tarmac * tarpaulin * wood tar

    Verb

  • To coat with tar.
  • To besmirch.
    • Although he was found innocent, the allegations had tarred his name.
    Derived terms
    * tar and feather * tar with the same brush

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of tape archive .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
  • (computing) A file produced by such a program.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Verb

  • (computing) To create a tar archive.
    • Antonyms
    *

    Anagrams

    * * *

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musical instruments) a Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus

    • yar

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To snarl; gnar.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sour; brackish.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
    • 1940' ''My, she was '''yar ...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.'' -
  • * 1958 , Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
    • ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
    1993' ''Arr, here be a fine vessel: the '''yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister
    Synonyms
    * yare

    Anagrams

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