Ear vs Lear - What's the difference?
ear | lear |
(countable) The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
(countable) The external part of the organ of hearing, the auricle.
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(countable, slang) A police informant.
* 1976 , Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner, Gail Morgan Hickman, .
The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones.
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The privilege of being kindly heard; favour; attention.
* (Francis Bacon)
* (William Shakespeare)
That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; a prominence or projection on an object, usually for support or attachment; a lug; a handle.
(architecture) An acroterium.
(architecture) A crossette.
(humorous) To take in with the ears; to hear.
* Two Noble Kinsmen
(countable) The fruiting body of a grain plant.
(archaic) To plough.
* 1595 , William Shakespeare, Richard II :
Something learned; a lesson.
Learning, lore; doctrine.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vii:
* 1898 , (Francis James Child) (editor), Lord William, or Lord Lundy , from ,
(transitive, archaic, and, Scotland) To teach.
(archaic) To learn.
* 14thC , (Geoffrey Chaucer), The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale , from ,
As verbs the difference between ear and lear
is that ear is (label) refuse, deny; repel while lear is (transitive|archaic|and|scotland) to teach.As a noun lear is
something learned; a lesson or lear can be .ear
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)- No I'm not kidding, and if you don't give it to me I'll let it out that you’re an ear.
- songsnot all ungrateful to thine ear
- Dionysiuswould give no ear to his suit.
- Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears .
Alternative forms
* ereDerived terms
* bend somebody's ear * between the ears * by ear * cauliflower ear * earache * earbud * ear canal * eardrum * earful * earhole * earlobe * earmark * earpiece * earphone * earprint * earring * ears are burning * earshot * earsore * ear to the ground * ear trumpet * earwax * external ear * have one's ears lowered * inner ear * little pitchers have big ears * make a silk purse of a sow's ear * middle ear * mind's ear * out on one's ear * outer ear * surfer’s ear * swimmer’s ear * (ear)Verb
(en verb)- I eared her language.
See also
* (wikipedia) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (m).Noun
(en noun)- He is in the fields, harvesting ears of corn.
Synonyms
* head * spikeEtymology 3
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- That power I have, discharge; and let them go
- To ear the land that hath some hope to grow,
- For I have none.
lear
English
Etymology 1
Noun
- when all other helpes she saw to faile, / She turnd her selfe backe to her wicked leares / And by her deuilish arts thought to preuaile [...].
- They dressed up in maids' array,
- And passd for sisters fair;
- With ae consent gaed ower the sea,
- For to seek after lear .
Etymology 2
See (lere)Verb
(en verb)- He hath take on him many a great emprise,
- Which were full hard for any that is here
- To bring about, but they of him it lear .