carat vs caret vs carrot vs karat :

carat or caret or carrot or karat

“Carrots” are those crunchy orange vegetables Bugs Bunny is so fond of, but this spelling gets misused for the less familiar words which are pronounced the same but have very different meanings. Precious stones like diamonds are weighed in carats. The same word is used to express the proportion of pure gold in an alloy, though in this usage it is sometimes spelled “karat” (hence the abbreviation “20K gold”). A caret is a proofreader’s mark showing where something needs to be inserted, shaped like a tiny pitched roof. It looks rather like a French circumflex, but is usually distinct from it on modern computer keyboards. Carets are extensively used in computer programming. Just remember, if you can’t eat it, it’s not a carrot.

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Definitions
  carat
  • n  a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
  • n  the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
  caret
  • n  a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
  carrot
  • n  deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
  • n  perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions
  • n  orange root; important source of carotene
  • n  promise of reward as in "carrot and stick";
    used the carrot of subsidized housing for the workers to get their vote
  karat
  • n  the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
News & Articles
  carat
  • $23,000 Ring Sold For $5, Oops!
    A woman has been reunited with her 3-carat, $23,000 dollar engagement ring after her bungling husband accidentally sold it at a garage sale. Before Racquel Cloutier headed to the hospital to give birth, she stashed her expensive ring in a …
    June 17, 2013 - Nightcap TV
  • Photos: Gold Shoes Can Be Yours
    Italian designer Alberto Moretti announced the launch of exclusive 24 carat gold shoes. The shoes are made from velvet and covered in gold. The shoes, pumps for women and loafers for men, cost £1,700 or about $2,664. They were presented for the first time during the Monte Carlo Grand Prix on May 25, 2013. Alberto Moretti's gold pump and loafer are exclusively distributed through department ...
    June 14, 2013 - ABC News
  • Precure Singer Aya Ikeda to Perform at Anime Expo
    CARAT will also appear at Los Angeles event at free concert on July 4
    June 13, 2013 - Anime News Network
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  carrot
  • Sedalia Public Library Summer Reading Program
    Grant Amos, 6, stirs the potting soil in his plastic cup before being given some vegetable seeds to plant. The kids were given a choice of cilantro, carrot or onion seeds. The Digging into Dirt program ended with the kids reading books on gardening and worms. The next summer reading activity is Make a Pet Rock at the Library, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 19. The summer reading program's theme is Dig ...
    June 13, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
  • Carter outlines immigration complexities
    If District 31 U.S. Rep. John Carter gets his way, American immigration reform will take a carrot-and-stick approach, one that combines enforcement of current laws with what he describes as a humane approach to the concerns of the millions who are in this county illegally.
    June 13, 2013 - Austin American-Statesman
  • Sedalia Public Library Summer Reading Program
    Grant Amos, 6, stirs the potting soil in his plastic cup before being given some vegetable seeds to plant. The kids were given a choice of cilantro, carrot or onion seeds. The Digging into Dirt program ended with the kids reading books on gardening and worms. The next summer reading activity is Make a Pet Rock at the Library, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 19. The summer reading program's theme is Dig ...
    June 13, 2013 - Sedalia Democrat
  karat
  • Geek forges homemade solid gold iPod watch
    A geek maker comes by his 18-karat gold iPod Nano watch the hard way, by making it himself over the course of 500 hours of work. Originally posted at Crave
    June 13, 2013 - CNET
  • Nineteenth century watch fetches $2.25 million at U.S. auction
    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 115-year-old Patek Philippe pink-gold calendar watch fetched $2.25 million in a day-long sale, nearly double the expected price, Christie's auction house said. The 18-karat, open-face watch, manufactured by the famed Swiss watchmaker in 1898, had been estimated to fetch up to $1.5 million during sale on Tuesday, but enthusiastic bidding by collectors from some 30 countries ...
    June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Everglades Mystery Jewel Update: Analysis and Cultural Context Offered by Walker Metalsmiths on Gold Cross Pendant ...
    High karat gold has titanium, chromium and iron contamination. The symbolic message of the cross is a French play on words; "Crois/croix en moi" for "believe in me." (PRWeb June 12, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10820206.htm
    June 12, 2013 - PRWeb