Wart vs Wort - What's the difference?
wart | wort |
(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.
(computing, programming, slang, derogatory) Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.
* 1998 , "Chris Ahlstrom", Hungarian notation'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.vc.language )
* 2002 , "Linonut", Computer Science'' (on newsgroup ''comp.os.linux.advocacy )
A plant; herb; vegetable.
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* 1845 , Rev. Jeremy Taylor, Works :
Any of various plants or herbs.
Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer
As nouns the difference between wart and wort
is that wart is a type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) while wort is a plant; herb; vegetable.wart
English
(wikipedia wart)Noun
(en noun)- Hungarian warts suck big time! If you need them, your functions are too big and your class interface is much too fat.
- Far easier to not use warts in the first place. Even if a wart is present, you still have to verify the variable's declaration anyway, if you're a diligent maintenance programmer.
Derived terms
* genital wart * Peruvian wart * plantar wart * wall wart * warthog * warty * warts and all * warty toadSee also
* verruca ----wort
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- he drinks water, and lives on wort leaves, pulse, like a hogg, or scraps like a dog […].
- It is an excellent pleasure to be able to take pleasure in worts and water, in bread and onions, for then a man can never want pleasure when it is so ready for him, that nature hath spread it over all its provisions.
