Err vs Heir - What's the difference?
err | heir |
To make a mistake.
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To sin.
(archaic) to stray.
Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:I am my father's heir and only son.
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One who inherits, or has been designated to inherit, a hereditary title or office.
A successor in a role, representing continuity with the predecessor.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:And I his heir in misery alone.
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*:"I wish we were back in Tenth Street. But so many children came"
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As a verb err
is to make a mistake.As a noun heir is
someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.err
English
Verb
(en verb)- Artificial tests, then, can hardly err on the side of supplying too many opportunities for one bird to see another perform the act which is the model.
Synonyms
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* err on the side of * err on the side of caution * erroneous * error * to err is humanheir
English
Noun
(en noun) (Inheritance)What a waste, passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs .}}
