Mar vs. Mir — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mar and Mir
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Mar
Mar (from Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ Mār(y), written with a silent final yodh) or Mor (vernacular pronunciation) is a title of respect in Syriac, literally meaning 'my lord'. It is given to all saints and is also used before Christian name of bishops.
Mir
Mir (Russian: Мир, IPA: [ˈmʲir]; lit. 'peace' or 'world') was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996.
Mar
To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.
Mir
A village community of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
Mar
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
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Mir
A traditional village community in Imperial Russia, charaterised by self-government and collectivist control of local lands.
Mar
A disfiguring mark; a blemish.
Mir
A Russian village community.
Mar
(transitive) To spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
Mir
Same as Emir.
Mar
A blemish.
Mar
A small lake.
Mar
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Mar
A small lake. See Mere.
Mar
A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Mar
To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks.
But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost.
Ire, envy, and despairWhich marred all his borrowed visage.
Mar
To spoil; to ruin.
Mar
The month following February and preceding April
Mar
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);
A facial blemish
Mar
Make imperfect;
Nothing marred her beauty
Mar
Destroy or injure severely;
Mutilated bodies
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