What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Terp vs Temp - What's the difference?

terp | temp |

As nouns the difference between terp and temp

is that terp is an interpreter (translator) while temp is a temporary employee, usually in an office.

As verbs the difference between terp and temp

is that terp is to add such an essential oil to (a henna mix) while temp is to work as a temporary employee.

As an abbreviation temp is

temperature.

terp

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of (interpreter).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (military, or, Deaf, slang) An interpreter (translator).
  • * 2003 November 27, Paul Watson, “Losing Its Few Good Men”, in the Los Angeles Times :
    • But for troops in the new Afghan army, there is a particular irritant: Afghan interpreters working with U.S. soldiers — called terps by troops in the field — can earn more than an Afghan army officer.
  • (computing, slang) An interpreter (program that parses and executes another program).
  • * 2009 , "Dannii", IF System Idea'' (on newsgroup ''rec.arts.int-fiction )
    • As far as I know all the TADS terps are just ports of the original.

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of (terpene).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various essential oils containing monoterpene alcohols which are added to a henna mix to darken the color.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add such an essential oil to (a henna mix).

    • Anagrams

    * English clippings ----

    temp

    English

    (wikipedia temp)

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • temperature
  • temporary

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a temporary employee, usually in an office
  • (computing, informal, mostly, attributive) a temporary storage location
  • * 2001 , John Y. Hsu, Computer Architecture: Software Aspects, Coding, and Hardware
    • Consequently, the unit executes and places the result in a temp register.
  • * 2014 , Andrew W. Appel, Program Logics for Certified Compilers (page 162)
    • That is, r -values include numeric constants, nonaddressable local variables (temps )

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To work as a temporary employee.
  • * 2007 , , 01:24:50
  • *:--I temp for money, but it's not my main thing. I write plays.