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Torn vs Tourn - What's the difference?

torn | tourn |

As a verb torn

is past participle of lang=en (rip, rend, speed).

As a noun tourn is

a circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire.

torn

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rip, rend, speed).

    • Usage notes

    * The past participle of the (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared). English irregular past participles ----

    tourn

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tourn) (en noun)
  • A circuit made by a medieval English sheriff to the courts of his shire
  • (UK, dialect, obsolete) spinning wheel
    • (Webster 1913)