Lere vs Sere - What's the difference?
lere | sere |
To teach; instruct; explain; inform.
To guide; lead.
To learn; study.
Without moisture.
* 1798 , (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner) ,
* 1868 , (Henry Lonsdale), The Worthies of Cumberland , volume concerning Sir J. R. G. Graham, chapter 1,
* 1984 , (Vernor Vinge), (The Peace War) , chapter 37:
An intermediate stage in an ecosystem prior to advancing to the point of being a climax community.
As nouns the difference between lere and sere
is that lere is dirt, mud or lere can be slip (of rocks), boulder while sere is .lere
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also (l), (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(ler)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch (m), German (m).Anagrams
* * ----sere
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(er)part 5:
- The roaring wind! it roar'd far off,
It did not come anear;
But with its sound it shook the sails
That were so thin and sere .
page 1:
- …whilst the recitation of Border Minstrelsy, or a well-sung ballad, served to revive the sere and yellow leaf of age by their refreshing memories of the pleasurable past.
- The grass was sere and golden, the dirt beneath white and gravelly.
