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Birr vs Birt - What's the difference?

birr | birt |

As nouns the difference between birr and birt

is that birr is force, vigor, energy or birr can be the currency of ethiopia, divided into 100 santims while birt is (uk|dialect) a fish of the turbot kind; the brill.

As a verb birr

is to make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.

birr

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • force, vigor, energy
  • a strong wind.
  • the force of the wind; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force
  • a thrust or push
  • a whirring noise
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1916
  • , year_published=2009 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=Colonel J.A. Currie , title=The Red Watch, With the First Canadian Division in Flanders , chapter=XVII The Battle of Neuve Chapelle citation , genre= , publisher=Project Gutenberg , isbn= , page= , passage=When the British Tommies heard the "birr " of the five-inch Canadian shells they all asked whose they were. }}
  • a strong trilling pronunciation
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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work.
  • References

    * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911 * Dictionary.com, birr * (webster)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims
  • Synonyms

    * ETB

    birt

    English

    Acronym

    (Acronym) (en-acronym)
  • (software, eclipse)
  • Anagrams

    * brit