Tarn vs Tara - What's the difference?
tarn | tara |
(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
* 1839, (1997),
An Irish place name, associated with the (Hill of Tara), seat of ancient Irish kings.
* 1808 , The Harp of Tara
used since the 20th century, derived from the name of in (Gone with the Wind) , named for the place in Ireland.
(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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As nouns the difference between tarn and tara
is that tarn is tower while tara is .As a verb tarn
is .tarn
English
Noun
(en noun)1,
- It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows.
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*Anagrams
* *tara
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Proper noun
(en proper noun)- No more to chiefs and ladies bright
- The harp of Tara swells