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Extol vs Prise - What's the difference?

extol | prise |

As verbs the difference between extol and prise

is that extol is to praise; to make high while prise is .

As an adjective prise is

priced.

extol

English

Verb

(extoll)
  • To praise; to make high.

    • Synonyms

    * belaud * flatter

    prise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (verb) prize

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enterprise.
    • (Spenser)

    • See also

    * price

    Verb

    (pris)
  • To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
    • 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — , The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
    c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
    2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

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