Tarn vs Tart - What's the difference?
tarn | tart |
(Northern England) A small mountain lake, especially in Northern England.
* 1839, (1997),
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
(of wine) high or too high in acidity.
(figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
(British, slang) A prostitute.
(British, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
To practice prostitution
To practice promiscuous sex
To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorish,or slutty
As nouns the difference between tarn and tart
is that tarn is a small mountain lake, especially in Northern England while tart is a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.As a proper noun Tarn
is one of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 81.As an adjective tart is
sharp to the taste; acid; sour.As a verb tart is
to practice prostitution.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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English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tart, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- I ate a very tart apple.
- He gave me a very tart reply.