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Tort vs Tortness - What's the difference?

tort | tortness |

As nouns the difference between tort and tortness

is that tort is fraction while tortness is the state or quality of suffering from tort.

As an adjective tort

is broken.

tort

English

(wikipedia tort)

Etymology 1

Dialectal variation of (l).

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tart, sharp.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An injury or wrong.
  • * Spenser
    • that had them long opprest with tort
  • (legal) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, which causes an injury and can be remedied at civil law, usually through awarding damages.
  • (rfc-sense) The area of law dealing with such wrongful acts.
    • Synonyms
    * delict (Scottish law)
    Derived terms
    * tortious

    See also

    *

    Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (obsolete) Stretched tight; taut.
  • * Emerson
    • Yet holds he them with tortest rein.

    Anagrams

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    tortness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of suffering from tort.

    • Anagrams

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