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Tress vs Trass - What's the difference?

tress | trass |

As nouns the difference between tress and trass

is that tress is a braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet while trass is (geology) a white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.

As a verb tress

is to braid or knot hair.

tress

English

Noun

(es)
  • A braid, knot, or curl, of hair; a ringlet.
  • (by extension) A knot or festoon, as of flowers.

    • Verb

    (es)
  • To braid or knot hair.

    • Anagrams

    *

    trass

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tarrace * tarras * terras

    Noun

    (-)
  • (geology) A white to grey volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders, sometimes used as a cement.
  • A coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water.
    • (Webster 1913)