different between chare vs chard

English

Alternative forms

• char (turn, task, chore, worker)
• chore (narrow lane)

Etymology

From Middle English chare, variant (due to the verb form charen) of char, cher (“a turn”), from Old English ?ierr, ?err (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijan? (“to turn, sweep”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to turn, bend”). More at char.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /t????/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: chair

Noun

chare (plural chares)

1. Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
2. (Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Synonyms

• (narrow lane): See Thesaurus:alley

Verb

chare (third-person singular simple present chares, present participle charing, simple past and past participle chared)

1. (intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

Anagrams

• Arche, REACH, acher, arche, chear, rache, reach

English

Etymology

From French carde, from Latin carduus (“thistle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t???d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

chard (countable and uncountable, plural chards)

1. (uncountable, cooking) An edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
2. (cooking) Artichoke leaves and shoots, blanched to eat.

Synonyms

• (leafy vegetable): mangold, silverbeet, Swiss chard

Derived terms

• Swiss chard

Translations

Further reading

• chard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• D.Arch., archd., hard c

Middle English

Etymology

Representing colloquial pronunciation. See ch-.

Verb

chard

1. I heard.