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Peise vs Pease - What's the difference?

peise | pease |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between peise and pease

is that peise is (obsolete) a heavy blow, an impact while pease is (obsolete) to placate, appease (someone).

As verbs the difference between peise and pease

is that peise is to weigh or measure the weight of; to poise while pease is (obsolete) to make peace between (conflicting people, states etc); to reconcile.

As nouns the difference between peise and pease

is that peise is a weight; a poise while pease is (archaic) form of pea, then later of peas .

peise

English

Verb

  • To weigh or measure the weight of; to poise.
  • (figuratively) To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A weight; a poise.
  • (obsolete) A heavy blow, an impact.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.ii:
  • *:Great Ptolomæe it for his lemans sake / Ybuilded all of glasse, by Magicke powre, / And also it impregnable did make; / Yet when his loue was false, he with a peaze it brake.

    • Quotations

    * "To weigh pence with a peise." -

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary *

    pease

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pise, from .

    Noun

    (peasen)
  • (archaic) form of pea, then later of peas
    • Usage notes
    * The original singular was pease'', and the plural was (peasen). Over the centuries, ''pease'' became used as the plural, ''peasen'' was dropped, (pea) was created as a new singular, and finally ''pease was respelled (peas).
    Related terms
    * pease porridge * Pease Porridge Hot * pease pudding

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) paiser, (pesser) et al., (etyl) paisier, aphetic form of . Probably also partly from aphetic use of (appease).

    Verb

    (peas)
  • (obsolete) To make peace between (conflicting people, states etc.); to reconcile.
  • (obsolete) To bring (a war, conflict) to an end.
  • (obsolete) To placate, appease (someone).
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXVIII:
    • And yf this come to the rulers eares, we wyll pease him, and make you safe.