Taped vs Tarped - What's the difference?

taped | tarped |


As verbs the difference between taped and tarped

is that taped is past tense of tape while tarped is past tense of tarp.

taped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tape)
  • Anagrams

    * adept * pated

    tape

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
  • Hand me some tape . I need to fix a tear in this paper.
  • Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
  • After the party there was tape all over the place.
  • Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.
  • Jones broke the tape in 47.77 seconds, a new world record.
  • Magnetic or optical recording media in a roll; videotape or audio tape.
  • Did you get that on tape ?
  • Unthinking, patterned response triggered by a particular stimulus
  • Old couples sometimes will play tapes at each other during a fight.
  • (trading , from ticker tape) The series of prices at which a financial instrument trades.
  • Don’t fight the tape .
  • (ice hockey) The wrapping of the primary puck-handling surface of a hockey stick
  • His pass was right on the tape .

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * adhesive tape * cassette tape * cut red tape * double-sided tape * duck tape * duck tape * duct tape * gaffer tape * gray tape * magnetic tape * masking tape * on tape * police tape * red tape * scotch tape * Sellotape * sex tape * tale of the tape * tapeworm * tape measure * tape recorder * ticker tape * sticky tape * video tape

    Verb

  • To bind with adhesive tape.
  • Can you tape that together, please?
  • To record, particularly onto magnetic tape.
  • You shouldn’t have said that. The microphone was on and we were taping.
  • (informal, passive) To understand, figure out.
  • I've finally got this thing taped.

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    tarped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tarp)
  • Anagrams

    * * * *

    tarp

    English

    (wikipedia tarp)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Short form of tarpaulin.
  • * 1986 , , Concrete: Under the Desert Stars , Dark Horse Books
  • {Gun pointing at head} Sorry, Quigley, but you had your chance to cooperate. / Bob, straighten the tarp , we don’t want the rug splattered.
    Usage notes
    * The short form might be perceived as informal, but it has replaced tarpaulin in most situations.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover something with a tarpaulin.
  • * 2001 , Verne Huser, River Running: Canoeing, Kayaking, Rowing, Rafting , page 136
  • The load may be tarped' for serious white water, but ' tarped or not, everything should be tied securely in case of capsize.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (humorous, chiefly, Internet slang)
  • Anagrams

    * part * prat * rapt * trap ----