Denier vs Desier - What's the difference?
denier | desier |
An old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou.
* 2011 , (Norman Davies), Vanished Kingdoms , Penguin 2012, p. 117:
A unit of weight which indicates the fineness of fiber or yarn, equal to one gram per 9000 meters, used especially to measure or indicate the fineness of hosiery.
* 2002 , (Jill Mansell), Staying at Daisy's :
Person who something.
As nouns the difference between denier and desier
is that denier is an old French coin worth one-twelfth of a sou while desier is eye dialect of lang=en.As a verb desier is
eye dialect of lang=en.denier
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.Noun
(en noun)- A bronze denier bearing the inscription CONRADUS around a central cross, was minted in Lugdunum.
- Upstairs she rummaged through her chest of drawers, finally unearthing an unopened pack of ten denier barely blacks.
See also
* texEtymology 2
(deny).Noun
(en noun)- Holocaust denier (see )
- Global warming denier (see )
- AIDS denier (see )