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Oorie vs Norie - What's the difference?

oorie | norie |

As nouns the difference between oorie and norie

is that oorie is the pearl oyster while norie is the cormorant.

As an adjective oorie

is ourie.

oorie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The pearl oyster.
    • 1861 , Sir J. Emerson Tennent, "Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &C. including A Monograph of the Elephant and A Description of the Modes of Capturing and Training It with Engravings From Original Drawings", K.C.S. Ll.D. &C., They believed them to proceed not from a fish, but from a shell, which is known by the Tamil name of oorie cooleeroo cradoo, or the "crying shell," a name in which the sound seems to have been adopted as an echo to the sense.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ourie

    • norie

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) The cormorant.
    • (Webster 1913)