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Dried vs Pried - What's the difference?

dried | pried |

As verbs the difference between dried and pried

is that dried is past tense of dry while pried is past tense of pry.

As an adjective dried

is without water or moisture.

dried

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without water or moisture.

    • Synonyms

    * (without water) anhydrous, desiccated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dry)

    • Anagrams

    *

    pried

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pry)

    • Anagrams

    *

    pry

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pryen, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
  • To look closely and curiously at.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, / To pry into the secrets of the state.

    Noun

  • The act of prying
  • An excessively inquisitive person

    • Etymology 2

    1800, ("lever"), construed as a plural noun or as a 3rd person singular verb.

    Noun

    (pries)
  • A lever.
  • Leverage.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)