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Yarl vs Marl - What's the difference?

yarl | marl |

As nouns the difference between yarl and marl

is that yarl is a deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the while marl is a mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.

As verbs the difference between yarl and marl

is that yarl is to sing in this manner while marl is to cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

yarl

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A deep, guttural vocal style with affected pronunciation, characteristic of male grunge and postgrunge singers of the .
  • * 2002 , Patrick Berkery, " Record Review", Creative Loafing (Atlanta), 9 January 2002:
  • So pontificating on how Weathereds earnest morass of block-headed rage, grunge-lite mega-riffs and singer Scott Stapp's machismo ' yarl amounts to little more than Pearl Jam circa '91 for dummies is like shooting fish in a barrel.
  • * 2008 , Michael J. Vaughn, Outro , iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9781440111402, page 10:
  • One of my college kids informed me that the latest acoustic grinder hunk had covered it for a soundtrack — probably with that grungy yarl that everybody ripped off from Eddie Vedder.
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  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sing in this manner.
  • * 2009 , Andrew Matson, " Is there any reason to listen to the new Alice in Chains album, "Black Gives Way to Blue"?", The Seattle Times , 21 October 2009:
  • On "All Secrets Known," he yarls "fingers" into "fingerrrrrrrraaaaaaughhhhhzzzzzzz."
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    marl

    English

    (wikipedia marl)

    Alternative forms

    * marle

    Noun

  • A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
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  • Derived terms

    * marlaceous * marler * marlite * marlpit * marlstone * marly

    See also

    * greensand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.
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