The difference between Claret and Tent

When used as nouns, claret means a dry red wine produced in the bordeaux region of france, or a similar wine made elsewhere, whereas tent means a pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

When used as verbs, claret means to drink claret, whereas tent means to go camping.


Claret is also adjective with the meaning: of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

check bellow for the other definitions of Claret and Tent

  1. Claret as a noun (chiefly, British):

    A dry red wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France, or a similar wine made elsewhere.

  2. Claret as a noun:

    A deep purplish-red colour, like that of the wine.

    Examples:

    "color pane7F1635"

  3. Claret as a noun (colloquial, sports):

    Blood.

    Examples:

    "The player spilt some claret."

  1. Claret as an adjective:

    Of a deep purplish-red colour, like that of claret.

  1. Claret as a verb (intransitive, archaic):

    To drink claret.

  1. Tent as a noun:

    A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, used for sheltering people from the weather.

    Examples:

    "We were camping in a three-man tent."

  2. Tent as a noun (archaic):

    The representation of a tent used as a bearing.

  3. Tent as a noun (Scotland):

    A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.

  4. Tent as a noun:

    A trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent.

  1. Tent as a verb (intransitive):

    To go camping.

    Examples:

    "We’ll be tented at the campground this weekend."

  2. Tent as a verb (cooking):

    To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce splatter, before putting it in the oven.

  3. Tent as a verb (intransitive):

    To form into a tent-like shape.

    Examples:

    "The sheet tented over his midsection."

  1. Tent as a verb (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):

    To attend to; to heed

  2. Tent as a verb (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):

    to guard; to hinder.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  1. Tent as a noun (archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect):

    Attention; regard, care.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Lydgate"

  2. Tent as a noun (archaic):

    Intention; design.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Halliwell"

  1. Tent as a noun (medicine):

    A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges.

  2. Tent as a noun (medicine):

    A probe for searching a wound.

  1. Tent as a verb (medicine, sometimes, figurative):

    To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.

    Examples:

    "to tent a wound"

  1. Tent as a noun (archaic):

    A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent wine, and tinta.

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