different between seasoning vs tarragon

English

Etymology 1

From season +? -ing.

Noun

seasoning (countable and uncountable, plural seasonings)

1. (cooking) Something used to add taste or flavour to food, such as salt and pepper or other condiment, herb or spice.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Anything added to increase enjoyment.
3. A coat of polymerized oil inside a cooking vessel which renders the surface non-stick.
4. (archaic) An alcoholic intoxication.

   Some of our gentlemen officers, happening to stop at a tavern, or rather a sort of grogshop, took such a seasoning that two or three of them became “quite frisky.”

5. In diamond-cutting, the charging of the laps or wheels with diamond dust and oil.

Synonyms

• (intoxication): drunkenness

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:seasoning

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English seasonyng, present participle of Middle English sesounen (“to season”), equivalent to season +? -ing.

Verb

seasoning

1. present participle of season

Anagrams

• snogaines

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic ????????? (?ar??n), ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????????? (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from ?????? (drák?n, “dragon, serpent”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /?tæ????n/, /?tæ????n/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /?t?????n/, /?t?????n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?tæ????n/
• Hyphenation: tar?ra?gon

Noun

tarragon (usually uncountable, plural tarragons)

1. A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
2. The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in vinegar / oil mixture) used as a seasoning.

Synonyms

• estragon, dragon's wort, French tarragon, Russian tarragon, silky wormwood, wild tarragon

Translations

References

• tarragon at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• arrogant