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Lier vs Lair - What's the difference?

lier | lair |

As a proper noun lier

is a city in the province of antwerp, belgium or lier can be a municipality in buskerud, norway.

As a noun lair is

mare (female horse) or lair can be .

lier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.

    • See also

    * liar

    Anagrams

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    lair

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  • (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • ...Van Helsing stood up and said, "Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair . Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"

    Synonyms

    * (of an animal''): burrow (''of some smaller mammals''), den (''of a lion or tiger ) * (of a criminal ): den, hide-out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To mire.
  • (Scotland) To become mired.

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