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Gyro vs Tyro - What's the difference?

gyro | tyro |

As nouns the difference between gyro and tyro

is that gyro is a gyroscope or gyro can be a style of greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce while tyro is .

gyro

English

(wikipedia gyro)

Etymology 1

(en)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A gyroscope
  • A gyrocompass
  • An autogyro

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; from the turning of the meat on a spit.

    Alternative forms

    * gyros, giro, giros * yero

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A style of Greek sandwich commonly filled with grilled meat, tomato, onions, and tzatziki sauce.
    • I'll have a gyro , please.

    Usage notes

    The correct pronunciation of this word is disputed. The pronunciation .): *

    See also

    * kebab * shawarma, shoarma, shwarma * souvlaki

    References

    [http://www.linguistlist.org/issues/6/6-1641.html] has a discussion of pronunciations.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    tyro

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tiro

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A beginner; a novice.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 171:
  • *:Alliance with the equally youthful Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert, tyro mathematician of genius and darling of the Parisian salons, led to the two men commissioning articles for the new venture straight away [...].

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    *tyrociny *tirocinium

    Anagrams

    * * *

    References

    * "tyro" in the Online Etymology Dictionary