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Pencel vs Pence - What's the difference?

pencel | pence |

As nouns the difference between pencel and pence

is that pencel is a small pennon while pence is plural of lang=en (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).

pencel

English

Alternative forms

* pinsel (chiefly Scottish) * pensill (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
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  • * 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 86:
    • Inside Worcester Cathedral, the coffin was transferred to its hearse, a vast, storeyed, wooden structure, painted black and adorned with heraldic escutcheons, badged pennants or ‘pencels ’, silk standards of St George, banners of the royal arms of England and Spain, and of Arthur's various titles, from Wales to Ponthieu in Normandy.
  • (obsolete) A lady's favour or token as worn by a knight.
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    pence

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (British) (the sub-unit of the pound sterling).

    • Usage notes

    * This is the collective plural, used when referring to a sum of money, as in These apples are twenty pence each.'' When referring to several coins each worth one penny, the correct plural is pennies, as in ''I have one tenpence coin and three pennies.

    Related terms

    * sixpence * thruppence * tuppence

    References

    English irregular plurals