Tore vs Store - What's the difference?
tore | store |
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
(dialectal, or, obsolete) Full; rich.
(tear) (rip, rend, speed).
(architecture)
(geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
A place where items may be accumulated or routinely kept.
A supply held in storage.
*
(label) A place where items may be purchased.
*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Stephen Crane)
, title=, chapter=1
, passage=There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store , an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”}}
Memory.
A large amount of information retained in one's memory.
A great quantity or number.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
(transitive) To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1 (computing) Write (something) into memory or registers.
(intransitive) To remain in good condition while stored.
As a noun tore
is custom, law.As a verb store is
.tore
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* (l)Etymology 2
Verb
(head)Usage notes
* The past tense of the other verb (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared).Etymology 3
See torus.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.Anagrams
* English irregular simple past forms ----store
English
Noun
(en noun)- By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
- With store of ladies, whose bright eyes / Rain influence, and give the prize.
Synonyms
* (supply held in storage) stock, supply * (place from which items may be purchased) boutique, shop (UK); see also * (in computing) memoryDerived terms
* company store * drugstore * general store * variety store * give away the store * in store * mind the store * put store in * set store by * storage * storebought * storefront * storehouse * storekeeper * storeroomVerb
(stor)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}