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Tare vs Tara - What's the difference?

tare | tara |

As a noun tare

is a vetch, or the seed of a vetch.

As a verb tare

is to take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.

As a proper noun Tara is

an Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.

As an interjection tara is

goodbye; equivalent to the more geographically widespread ta ta.

tare

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
  • (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
  • * Matthew 13:25 (KJV)
    • But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
  • * 1985 , John Fowles, A Maggot :
    • I saw as I thought an uncle and guardian who has led a sober, industrious and Christian life and finds himself obliged to look on the tares of folly in his own close kin.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) tare, from (etyl) tara, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (tare weight) (en noun)
  • The empty weight of a container.
    • See also
    * cloff * gross * net * tret

    Verb

    (tar)
  • (chiefly, business, and, legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in merchandise.
  • * 1886 , Records of the History, Laws, Regulations, and Statistics of the Tobacco Trade of the United Kingdom , p. 86,
    • he is to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty.
  • (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
  • * 2003 , Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math , CSHL Press, p. 63,
    • Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
    Synonyms
    * (to set a zero value) zero
    Usage notes
    * In measuring instruments other than balances, this process is usually called (term).

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (tear)

    • Etymology 4

    (etyl) (Tare sauce)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

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    tara

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An Irish place name, associated with the (Hill of Tara), seat of ancient Irish kings.
  • * 1808 , The Harp of Tara
    • No more to chiefs and ladies bright
    The harp of Tara swells
  • used since the 20th century, derived from the name of in (Gone with the Wind) , named for the place in Ireland.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (lb) A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
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