Thursday, October 23, 2014

tort, torte

Tort or tort means a civil wrong, such as negligence or a breach of trust, which has injured the plaintiff in some way--
He hasn't committed a crime, but he may have committed a tort--you'll have to bring a civil suit.
If the goods were delivered as stipulated, there is no tort.

Torte or torte ( rhymes with tort ) is a kind of cake, usually a rich, dense cake--
She sends a chocolate torte every year, from a catalog.
We are trying to make a raspberry torte; I hope it's as good as it looks.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"You can sue, because his negligence is a tort, and it caused the destruction of your torte."

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