Dier vs Pier - What's the difference?
dier | pier |
One who dies.
* Don DeLillo, White Noise
* 2006 , Shankar Mokashi Punekar, Awadheswari
A raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.
A similar structure, especially at a seaside resort, used to provide entertainment.
(US, nautical) A structure that projects tangentially from the shoreline to accommodate ships; often double-sided.
A structure supporting the junction between two spans of a bridge.
(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof.
As nouns the difference between dier and pier
is that dier is one who dies while pier is a raised platform built from the shore out over water, supported on piles; used to secure, or provide access to shipping; a jetty.dier
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
- 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.
