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Yap vs Yar - What's the difference?

yap | yar |

As a proper noun yap

is an atoll in the caroline islands of western micronesia.

As a verb yar is

to snarl; gnar.

As an adjective yar is

sour; brackish or yar can be quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

yap

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The high-pitched bark of a small dog.
  • An informal talk.
  • The mouth, which produces speech.
    • Shut your yap !
  • (Geordie) A badly behaved child, a brat.

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    Verb

    (yapp)
  • Of a small dog, to bark.
  • (slang) To talk, especially excessively.
    • You’re always yapping - I wish you’d shut up.

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    yar

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To snarl; gnar.
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Scotland) To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; be captious or troublesome.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Sour; brackish.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
    • 1940' ''My, she was '''yar ...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.'' -
  • * 1958 , Bulletin of the John Rylands Library
    • ...to make a ship best weighed, or yarest in her going.
    1993' ''Arr, here be a fine vessel: the '''yarest river-going boat there be. - Captain McAllister
    Synonyms
    * yare

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