{"id":423,"date":"2009-08-24T14:52:38","date_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=423"},"modified":"2009-08-17T11:29:10","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T01:29:10","slug":"roast-carat-or-carrot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2009\/08\/roast-carat-or-carrot\/","title":{"rendered":"Roast carat or carrot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carrot: an orange coloured root vegetable from the parsley family and a good source of carotenoid nutrients including beta-carotene
\nRoast lamb isn’t the same without roast potatoes and carrots<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Caret:<\/span> a mark that indicates where text is to be inserted. In editing, it is ^ but on a computer screen it is usually >.
\nThe fox jumped over ^log.<\/em><\/p>\n

Carat (ct):<\/span>a unit of weight used for gems and precious stones. It is a metric measurement based on 0.2 grams per carat.
\nA five carat opal weighs about one gram.<\/em><\/p>\n

Karat (k):<\/span> a measure of the purity of gold – pure gold being too soft for jewellery, it is mixed with other metals to make an alloy.
\nMy necklace is 18k which means it contains 75% pure gold.<\/em><\/p>\n

Telling them apart can be simplified. Carrot<\/strong> is the most commonly used version, and the only one likely to rot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Caret is a very specific word that most people would rarely come across, especially as the word cursor is used more often in a computer sense.<\/p>\n

As for carat and karat, car<\/strong>at refers to how much gemstone you have to car<\/strong>ry (i.e. the weight) while a k<\/strong>arat refers to the K<\/strong>ing’s gold!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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