Friar vs Briar - What's the difference?
friar | briar |
A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
(printing, dated) A white or pale patch on a printed page.
An American fish, the silverside.
Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus'', and ''Smilax genera.
, a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
(figurative) Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
* (rfdate) (Cowper)
As nouns the difference between friar and briar
is that friar is a member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars) while briar is any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera.friar
English
(wikipedia friar)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (member of religious order) brother, frater, frater or fatherCoordinate terms
* (member of religious order) sisterDerived terms
* friary * black friar * grey friar * white friarbriar
English
(wikipedia briar) (Erica arborea)Alternative forms
* brierEtymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The thorns and briers of reproof.