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Brie vs Brig - What's the difference?

brie | brig |

As nouns the difference between brie and brig

is that brie is a variety of soft, mild french cheese made from cow's milk while brig is force, power.

brie

English

(wikipedia brie)

Noun

(-)
  • A variety of soft, mild French cheese made from cow's milk.

    • See also

    * camembert

    Anagrams

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    brig

    English

    (wikipedia brig)

    Etymology 1

    Abbreviated from brigantine, from (etyl) brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  • (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
    • See also
    * hermaphrodite brig * gun-brig

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) bridge
    • (Burns)

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of (brigadier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Brigadier.

    • References

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