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Tore vs Yore - What's the difference?

tore | yore |

As nouns the difference between tore and yore

is that tore is alternative form of lang=en while yore is time long past.

As an adjective tore

is hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.

As a verb tore

is simple past of tear (rip, rend, speed).

As an adverb yore is

in time long past; long ago.

tore

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Full; rich.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tear) (rip, rend, speed).
    • 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)
  • (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.

    • Etymology 4

    Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

    Noun

    (-)
  • The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
    • (Mortimer)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English irregular simple past forms ----

    yore

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (poetic) time long past
    • This word comes from the days of yore .

    Usage notes

    A ; not used outside the phrase (of yore), especially the idiom days of yore.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
  • * Spenser
    • Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

    Anagrams

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