Tartest vs Tortest - What's the difference?
tartest | tortest |
(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
(tort)
An injury or wrong.
* Spenser
(legal) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages.
(rfc-sense) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.
(obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
* Emerson
As adjectives the difference between tartest and tortest
is that tartest is superlative of tart while tortest is superlative of tort.tartest
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*tart
English
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 ----tortest
English
Adjective
(head)tort
English
(wikipedia tort)Etymology 1
Dialectal variation of (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun)- that had them long opprest with tort
Synonyms
* delict (Scottish law)Derived terms
* tortiousSee also
*Etymology 3
Adjective
(er)- Yet holds he them with tortest rein.