Yak vs Yark - What's the difference?
yak | yark |
An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.
To talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter.
* 1960:' ''“You'll like Poppet. Nice dog. Wears his ears inside out. Why do dachshunds wear their ears inside out?” “I could not say, sir.” “Nor me. I've often wondered. But this won't do, Jeeves. Here we are, '''yakking about Jezebels and dachshunds, when we ought to be concentrating our minds [...]”'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter XI)
To vomit, usually as a result of excessive alcohol consumption.
A talk, particular an informal one such as chattering.
(slang) A laugh
Vomit.
(slang) shorthand for kayak
To make ready; prepare.
*1881 , Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland :
(obsolete) To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
(obsolete) To set open; open.
To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
To crack (a whip).
*, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96:
*:he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter''], as cunningly as any Carter in ''France .
As verbs the difference between yak and yark
is that yak is to talk, particularly informally but persistently, such as chatter while yark is to make ready; prepare.As a noun yak
is an ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas and Tibet with dark, long and silky hair a horse like tail and a full, bushy mane.yak
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* Bos mutus * Bos grunniens * - wild yak * - domestic yakDerived terms
* yak shaving * yaklessSee also
*Etymology 2
apparently an onomatopoeiaAlternative forms
* yackVerb
(yakk)Usage notes
* This is subject to the typically Australian 'have-a-verb' syntactic construction, as in 'I had a yak last night'. But this does not qualify 'yak' to be nominal.Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* ----yark
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(en verb)- [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark , and leather to bark, [...]