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Taro vs Tyro - What's the difference?

taro | tyro |

As nouns the difference between taro and tyro

is that taro is (l) (set of playing cards used for divination) while tyro is .

taro

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia taro)
  • Colocasia esculenta , raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
  • Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia'', ''Alocasia etc.
  • Food from a taro plant.

    • Synonyms

    * (Colocasia esculenta) colocasia, elephant ears * (similar plants) * (edible portion) dasheen

    Hyponyms

    * (similar plants) giant taro, Alocasia'' and species, especially ; ''Xanthosoma sagittifolium

    Derived terms

    * Chinese taro, chinese taro * giant swamp taro * giant taro * metallic taro * swamp taro * taro flying frog

    See also

    * eddo

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tyro

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tiro

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A beginner; a novice.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 171:
  • *:Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away [...].

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    *tyrociny *tirocinium

    Anagrams

    * * *

    References

    * "tyro" in the Online Etymology Dictionary