Tarter vs Taster - What's the difference?
tarter | taster |
(tart)
Sharp to the taste; acid; sour.
(of wine) high or too high in acidity.
(figuratively) Sharp; keen; severe.
A type of small open pie, or piece of pastry, containing jelly or conserve; a sort of fruit pie.
(British, slang) A prostitute.
(British, slang, derogatory) By extension, any woman with loose sexual morals.
To practice prostitution
To practice promiscuous sex
To dress garishly, ostentatiously, whorish,or slutty
That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
One who tastes anything, especially food, wine etc., for quality.
* Dryden
(zoology) A kind of zooid situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora, resembling the feeding zooids, but destitute of mouths.
A person who is, by genetic makeup, able to taste phenylthiocarbamide
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As an adjective tarter
is (tart).As a noun taster is
that in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.tarter
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*tart
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) tart, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- I ate a very tart apple.
- He gave me a very tart reply.
Derived terms
* tartnessSynonyms
* greenEtymology 2
(etyl) . Cognate to (m).Noun
(en noun) (wikipedia tart)Derived terms
* treacle tartEtymology 3
From by shorteningNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (prostitute) See also * (prostitute) See alsoVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* egg tart * pop tart (slang) * tart upAnagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologies ----taster
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Noun
(en noun)- Thy tutor be thy taster , ere thou eat.