Taboo vs. Tattoo
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
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.
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 subjectTattoonoun
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
