Tartar vs. Tartan — What's the Difference?

See Tatar.

Tartan (Scottish Gaelic: breacan [ˈpɾʲɛxkən]) (Irish: breacán) is a patterned cloth consisting of criss-crossed, horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials.

(Dentistry) A hard yellowish deposit on the teeth, consisting of organic secretions and food particles deposited in various salts, such as calcium carbonate. Also called calculus.

Any of numerous textile patterns consisting of stripes of varying widths and colors crossed at right angles against a solid background, each forming a distinctive design worn by the members of a Scottish clan.

A reddish acid compound, chiefly potassium bitartrate, found in the juice of grapes and deposited on the sides of casks during winemaking.

A twilled wool fabric or garment having such a pattern.

A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.

A plaid fabric.

A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.

A small, single-masted Mediterranean ship with a large lateen sail.

(dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.

A kind of woven woollen cloth with a distinctive pattern of coloured stripes intersecting at right angles, associated with Scottish Highlanders, different clans and some Scottish families and institutions having their own distinctive patterns.

A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; - called also argol, wine stone, etc.

The pattern associated with such material.

A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.

An individual or a group wearing tartan; a Highlander or Scotsman in general.

A native or inhabitant of Tartary in Asia; a member of any one of numerous tribes, chiefly Moslem, of Turkish origin, inhabiting the Russian Europe; - written also, more correctly but less usually, Tatar.

Trade name of a synthetic resin, used for surfacing tracks etc.

A person of a keen, irritable temper.

A type of one-masted vessel used in the Mediterranean.

See Tartarus.

(historical) A kind of long covered carriage.

Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars.

Having a pattern like a tartan.

A salt used especially in baking powder

(humorous) Scottish.

A fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

(transitive) To clothe in tartan.

A member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century

Woolen cloth, checkered or crossbarred with narrow bands of various colors, much worn in the Highlands of Scotland; hence, any pattern of tartan; also, other material of a similar pattern.

An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.

A cloth having a crisscross design