Tyre vs Necklace - What's the difference?
tyre | necklace |
(Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid.
(India) curdled milk
attire
An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
(figuratively) Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
(South Africa) A method of informal execution in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
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* 4 August, 2004' Headline Pretoria News: ' Necklacing: 7 held .
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
* 2004 A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Woman Confronts the Legacy of Apartheid by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela
(South Africa) To informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
* May 29 2003 : The Star:
* 2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin
* 2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel
As nouns the difference between tyre and necklace
is that tyre is (australia|ireland|new zealand|uk) the ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid while necklace is an article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.As a verb necklace is
(south africa) to informally execute by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.tyre
English
(wikipedia tyre)Etymology 1
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the word derives from (attire), while other sources suggest a connection with the verb to'' (tie). The spelling ''tyre'' is used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand after being revived in the 19th century. Both ''tyre'' and (tire) were used in the 15th and 16th centuries. The United States did not adopt the revival of ''tyre'', and ''(tire) is the only spelling currently used there and in Canada.Alternative forms
* (qualifier) tireNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
Tyre is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British/Commonwealth spelling.Etymology 2
From Tamil.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
Noun
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English
Noun
(en noun)- a necklace of coral islands
- Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace " murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
- Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
- In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?
Verb
(necklac)- Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
- Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced , and their houses have been destroyed
- The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.
