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Tart vs Tartlet - What's the difference?

tart | tartlet |

As nouns the difference between tart and tartlet

is that tart is a type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie while tartlet is a small tart (pastry.

As an adjective tart

is sharp to the taste; acid; sour.

As a verb tart

is to practice prostitution.

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

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    tartlet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small tart (pastry)
  • (derogatory, slang) A girl or young woman considered promiscuous.
  • * 1992 , Stephen Coonts, The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America , Open Road Integrated Media (2010), ISBN 9781453205570, unnumbered page:
    • The only excitement I had was watching a tartlet in a teeny-weeny bikini that barely contained her truly mammoth assets light a cigarette and suck on it with puckered, painted, Lolita lips.
  • * 2010 , Jo Beverley, Emily and the Dark Angel , Signet Eclipse (2010), ISBN 9780451231253, unnumbered page:
    • "She's a whore. A tartlet . Junia, he bought her for a hundred and fifty guineas, and then had the nerve to ask me to marry him!"
  • * 2010 , Pastor Shirley, S.E.C.R.E.T.S. of the First Ladies , Dog Ear Publishing (2010), ISBN 9781608442256, page 77:
    • She hated that a large chunk of Jerry's income supported his little tartlets instead of being directed into their household as it should have been..
  • * 2011 , A. K. Wrox, Arrabella Candellarbra & The Questy Thing to End All Questy Things , Clan Destine Press (2011), ISBN 9780980790061, unnumbered page:
    • 'Be gone tartlets ! Your feminine charms hold no power over me,' he said,
  • * 2012 , Sarah Nicole Prickett, " Kristen Stewart should not have apologized, and here's why", The Globe and Mail , 29 July 2012:
    • I have yet to see a Hollywood tartlet apologize for weighing 95 pounds, or for playing dumb to stay popular, or for always being the sidekick when there's action.

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