Starred vs Tarred - What's the difference?
starred | tarred |
(star)
Having a star or stars.
* (Mary Shelley)
(tar)
(uncountable) A black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials such as wood, peat, or coal.
Coal tar.
(uncountable) A solid residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.
(slang, dated) A sailor, because of their tarpaulin clothes. Also Jack Tar.
black tar, a form of heroin
To coat with tar.
To besmirch.
(computing) A program for archiving files, common on Unix.
(computing) A file produced by such a program.
(computing) To create a tar archive.
(musical instruments) a Persian long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries in the Middle East and the Caucasus
As verbs the difference between starred and tarred
is that starred is (star) while tarred is (tar).As an adjective starred
is having a star or stars.starred
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- a Michelin-starred restaurant
- She became sad, and looked up to the many-starred sky; her soul uttered silently the bitter complaint of its own misery.
Anagrams
*tarred
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
* darter * retard * tradertar
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at tree.Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* coal tar * mineral tar * tar board * Tar Heel * tar water * tarmacadam, tarmac * tarpaulin * wood tarVerb
- Although he was found innocent, the allegations had tarred his name.