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tart | sour |

As adjectives the difference between tart and sour

is that tart is sharp to the taste; acid; sour while sour is having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.

As nouns the difference between tart and sour

is that tart is a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie while sour is the sensation of a sour taste.

As verbs the difference between tart and sour

is that tart is to practice prostitution while sour is to make sour.

tart

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) tart, from (etyl) .

Adjective

(er)
  • Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
    I ate a very tart apple.
  • (of wine) high or too high in acidity.
  • (figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
    He gave me a very tart reply.
    • Derived terms
    * tartness
    Synonyms
    * green

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) . Cognate to (m).

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia tart)
  • A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
    • Derived terms
    * treacle tart

    Related terms

    * tort * torta * torture

    Etymology 3

    From by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (British, slang) A prostitute.
  • (British, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
    • Synonyms
    * (prostitute) See also * (prostitute) See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To practice prostitution
  • To practice promiscuous sex
  • To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorish,or slutty
    • Derived terms
    * egg tart * pop tart (slang) * tart up

    Anagrams

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    sour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete) sowr

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
  • * Francis Bacon
    All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite.
  • Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
    (rfex)
  • Tasting or smelling rancid.
    (rfex)
  • Peevish or bad-tempered.
  • * Shakespeare
    He was a scholar / Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, / But to those men that sought him sweet as summer.
  • (of soil) Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
  • (of petroleum) Containing excess sulfur.
    (rfex)
  • Unfortunate or unfavorable.
  • * Shakespeare
    sour adversity
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that their spirit remains strong in the face of adversity.}}

    • Noun

  • The sensation of a sour taste.
    (rfex)
  • A drink made with whiskey, lemon or lime juice and sugar.
    (rfex)
  • (label) Any cocktail containing lemon or lime juice.
  • A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.
    (Edmund Spenser)

    • Derived terms

    * laundry sour

    Verb

  • (label) To make sour.
  • (label) To become sour.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    So the sun's heat, with different powers, / Ripens the grape, the liquor sours .
  • (label) To make disenchanted.
  • * Shakespeare
    To sour your happiness I must report, / The queen is dead.
  • (label) To become disenchanted.
  • (label) To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
    (Mortimer)
  • To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.

    • Anagrams

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