Peri vs Perk - What's the difference?
peri | perk |
(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
To become more lively or enthusiastic.
To exalt oneself; to bear oneself loftily.
* Barrow
To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaunty or saucy display of.
As verbs the difference between peri and perk
is that peri is to perish while perk is shortened form of percolate or perk can be to become more lively or enthusiastic or perk can be (dated) to peer; to look inquisitively.As a noun perk is
perquisite or perk can be a percolator, particularly of coffee.As an adjective perk is
smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain.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
* ----perk
English
Etymology 1
From perquisite, by abbreviation.Alternative forms
* (l) (less common)Etymology 2
From percolate (verb) and percolator (noun), by abbreviation.Etymology 3
The origin is .Verb
(en verb)- to perk over them
- to perk''' the ears; to '''perk up one's head
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- (Sherburne)