Tax vs Nettle - What's the difference?

Tax is a related term of nettle.

As nouns the difference between tax and nettle

is that tax is money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services while nettle is any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

As verbs the difference between tax and nettle

is that tax is to impose and collect a tax from (a person) while nettle is (literally) of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

tax

English

(wikipedia tax)

Noun

Money paid to the government other than for transaction-specific goods and services.

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A burdensome demand.

a heavy tax on time or health

A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.

(obsolete) charge; censure

(Clarendon)

(obsolete) A lesson to be learned.

(Johnson)

Synonyms

* (money paid to government) impost, tribute, contribution, duty, toll, rate, assessment. exaction, custom, demand, levy

Antonyms

* (money paid to government) subsidy

Hyponyms

(types of taxes) * church tax * corporation tax * duty * estate tax * excise * excise tax * gift tax * goods and services tax * gross receipts tax * head tax * income tax * inheritance tax * land tax * poll tax * property tax * personal property tax * real property tax * sales tax * sin tax * sumptuary tax * transfer tax * use tax * utilities tax * value added tax

Coordinate terms

(other government revenues) * fine * license fee * penalty * seignorage * user charge

Derived terms

* tax collector * tax haven * tax hike * taxman * tax free * tax rise * taxes due * taxpayer

Verb

(es)

To impose and collect a tax from (a person).

Some think to tax the wealthy is the fairest.

To impose and collect a tax on (something).

Some think to tax wealth is destructive of a private sector.

To make excessive demands on.

* Do not tax my patience.

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Derived terms

* taxable * taxation

nettle

English

(wikipedia nettle) (Urtica)

Noun

(en noun)

Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.

# Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica , the stinging nettles:

## Most, but not all, subspecies of ,

## ;

# Wood nettle ();

# (vern)s and (spurge nettle)s of genus :

## , (bull nettle), (spurge nettle),

## , (Texas bull nettle),

## , (bull nettle),

## (vern) or (tree nettle)s:

### Various species of the genus ,

### ,

### ;

# (rock nettle) ();

# (small-leaved nettle) ().

Certain plants that have spines or prickles:

# (ball nettle) ();

# , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# , (western horse-nettle), (robust horse-nettle);

# , (horse-nettle);

# Celtis .

Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the same family (Lamiaceae as the stinging nettles, that resemble the species of Urtica :

# (dead nettle), (dumb nettle) (Lamium ), particularly , (white nettle);

# (false nettle) ();

# (flame nettle) or (painted nettle) (Coleus );

# (hedge nettle) (Stachys );

# (hemp nettle) ();

# (horse nettle)s:

## ,

## , (ball-nettle), (Carolina horse-nettle),

## , (bull nettle), (silver-leaf nettle), (white horse-nettle);

# (nilgiri nettle), (Himalayan giant nettle) ().

Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.

Derived terms

* grasp the nettle * nettle rash * nettlelike * nettlesome * nettly

Verb

(nettl) (transitive)

(literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.

The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.

(figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.

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