Taboo vs. Tattoo

Taboo vs. Tattoo — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Taboo and Tattoo

Taboonoun

An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.

Tattoonoun

An image made in the skin with ink and a needle.

Taboonoun

(in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Tattoonoun

A method of decorating the skin by inserting colored substances under the surface. The skin is punctured with a sharp instrument, which now is usually a solenoid-driven needle, that carries the inks to lower layers of the skin.

Tabooadjective

Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.

Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.

Tattoonoun

(military) A drum performance or display

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Tabooadjective

Culturally forbidden.

Tattoonoun

(nautical) A signal played five minutes before taps (lights out).

Tabooverb

To mark as taboo.

Tattoonoun

A signal by drum or bugle ordering soldiers to return to their quarters.

Tabooverb

To ban.

Tattoonoun

A military display or pageant.

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Tabooverb

To avoid.

Tattoonoun

A breed of pony from India; a pony of that breed.

Taboonoun

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

Tattooverb

To apply a tattoo to (someone or something).

Taboonoun

an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

Tattooverb

To tap rhythmically on, to drum.

Tabooverb

declare as sacred and forbidden

Tattooverb

(baseball) To hit the ball hard, as if to figuratively leave a tattoo on the ball.

Jones tattoos one into the gap in left; that will clear the bases.

Tabooadjective

excluded from use or mention;

forbidden fruitin our house dancing and playing cards were outa taboo subject

Tattoonoun

a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters

Tabooadjective

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

Tattoonoun

a design on the skin made by tattooing

Tattoonoun

the practice of making a design on the skin by pricking and staining

Tattooverb

stain (skin) with indelible color