Peri vs Peril - What's the difference?
peri | peril |
(Persian mythology) A sprite or supernatural being; from Persian mythology and the folklore of neighboring nations .
* 1829 , The Adventures of Hatim-Beni-Tye'', ''The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its Dependencies, Volume 27: January—June 1829 ,
* 1916 (Mar 16), Alfred Richard Orage, ?Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art , page 473
* 2008 , A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales , page 75
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
*:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
As nouns the difference between peri and peril
is that peri is a sprite or supernatural being; from Persian mythology and the folklore of neighboring nations while peril is a situation of serious and immediate danger.As a verb peril is
to cause to be in danger; to imperil.peri
English
(wikipedia peri)Noun
(en noun)page 549,
- He sent a Peri to Chundum Dew with a message: "If you wish to live, release the mortal in your power: if not, every demon in your service will immediately be put to the sword."
- In an hour they hovered above Hampstead Heath, and the peri looked down for a lonely spot where she might alight in the sulphurous gloom of a dog-day sunset too blinding for anyone to look at
- The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.
Synonyms
* (sprite) fairy, pixie, spriteAnagrams
* ----peril
English
Noun
(en noun)- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)