different between tallow vs stearic

English

Etymology

From Middle English talwe, talugh, talu?, talgh, from Old English *tealh, *tealg, (compare Old English tælg, telg (“dye”)), from Proto-Germanic *talgaz (compare Dutch talg, German Talg), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“flow”) (compare Middle Irish delt (“dew”), Old Armenian ??? (te?, “heavy rain”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tæl??/

  Rhymes: -æl??

Noun

tallow (countable and uncountable, plural tallows)

1. A hard animal fat obtained from suet, etc.; used in cooking as well as to make candles, soap and lubricants.
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:

     Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

Translations

Verb

tallow (third-person singular simple present tallows, present participle tallowing, simple past and past participle tallowed)

1. To grease or smear with tallow.
2. To cause to have a large quantity of tallow; to fatten.

   to tallow sheep

Translations

English

Etymology

From French stéarique, from Ancient Greek ????? (stéar, “tallow”) +? -ique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sti.?r.?k/, /sti?ar.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /sti?ær.?k/, /?sti?ær.?k/, /?st?r.?k/
• Rhymes: -ær?k, -?r?k

Adjective

stearic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc.
2. (organic chemistry) Of or relating to stearic acid or its derivatives.

References

• “stearic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “stearic”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Caister, atresic, cristae, cristæ, raciest

Romanian

Etymology

From French stéarique.

Adjective

stearic m or n (feminine singular stearic?, masculine plural stearici, feminine and neuter plural stearice)

1. stearic

Declension