As nouns the difference between kerb and kere

is that kerb is (british|au|nz) the edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones while kere is a reading that in the traditional jewish mode of reading the hebrew bible is substituted for one actually standing in the consonantal text with the consonants of the word or phrase to be read being usually given in the margin and the vowel points if the text is vocalized being inserted in the text.

As a verb kerb

is (british|transitive) to damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.