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Diel vs Dier - What's the difference?

diel | dier |

As an adjective diel

is (biology) having a 24 hour period regardless of day or night.

As a noun dier is

door.

diel

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (biology) Having a 24 hour period regardless of day or night

    • See also

    * diurnal * nocturnal

    References

    * OED 2006

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    dier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who dies.
  • * Don DeLillo, White Noise
    • It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier .
  • * 2006 , Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari
    • Since other languages are structurally constrained to say who it was who died and since the original leaves the identity of the dier unexpressed, any translation in the target language is going to be incorrect.
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