Grise vs Guise - What's the difference?
grise | guise |
(obsolete) A step (in a flight of stairs); a degree.
* Shakespeare
Customary way of speaking or acting; fashion, manner, practice (.)
* 1924 , Aristotle. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 5.
External appearance in manner or dress; appropriate indication or expression; garb; shape.
Misleading appearance; cover, cloak.
* 2013 , Russell Brand, Russell Brand and the GQ awards: 'It's amazing how absurd it seems' '' (in ''The Guardian , 13 September 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/sep/13/russell-brand-gq-awards-hugo-boss]
(Internet slang)
As verbs the difference between grise and guise
is that grise is while guise is .As a noun grise
is a greyish shade given to a work of art.grise
English
Etymology 1
Properly the plural of .Noun
(en noun)- Every grise of fortune / Is smoothed by that below.
Etymology 2
guise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) guise, gise, gyse, from (etyl) guisse, guise, . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- dialecticians and sophists assume the same guise as the philosopher
- Under the guise of patriotism
- Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
Synonyms
* (customary way of acting) behavior, manner, mien, practice * (external appearance) appearance, lookEtymology 2
Noun
(head)- Sup guise ? — What's up, guys?