Difference between Mend and Darn

What is the difference between Mend and Darn?

Mend as a verb is to repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine. while Darn as a verb is damned.

Mend

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending. The act of mending.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine. To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace. To help, to advance, to further; to add to. To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

Example sentence: True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Darn

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Damn.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Damned.

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: Damn.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Euphemism of damn.To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.

Example sentence: I don't want to infringe on Alec Baldwin's territory, but I'm a pretty darn good 'Words With Friends' player.

We hope you now know whether to use Mend or Darn in your sentence.

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