Paisa vs Pausa - What's the difference?
paisa | pausa |
A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a rupee in various Asian countries.
(historical) (British India) A subdivision of currency equivalent to 1/64th of a rupee.
A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Bangladeshi taka.
(linguistics) The hiatus between prosodic units.
As nouns the difference between paisa and pausa
is that paisa is a subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a rupee in various Asian countries while pausa is the hiatus between prosodic units.paisa
English
(wikipedia paisa)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (pais?).Noun
Etymology 2
From (etyl) paisa, a shortening of paisano.pausa
English
Noun
(-)- Some sound laws operate in pausa only. For example, certain phonemes may be pronounced differently at the beginning or end of a word when no other word precedes or follows within the same prosodic unit.