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Certie vs Cerite - What's the difference?

certie | cerite |

As nouns the difference between certie and cerite

is that certie is (scotland|obsolete) certes; verily while cerite is (mineral) a hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).

certie

English

Noun

  • (Scotland, obsolete) certes; verily
  • *{{quote-book, year=1857, author=Various, title=The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Weel, lassie, walk ye by the burn, And walk ye slow and sly; My certie ! weel ye ken the gate That Geordie Young comes by! }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1828, author=David Macbeth Moir, title=The Life of Mansie Wauch, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Englishmen, for instance, will say that I am a bad speller, and that my language is kittle; and such of the Irishers as can read, will be threaping that I have abused their precious country; but, my certie , instead of blaming me for letting out what I could not deny, they must just learn to behave themselves better when they come to see us, or bide at home. }}

    cerite

    English

    (wikipedia cerite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
  • (zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.