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Peri vs Trans - What's the difference?

peri | trans |

As a verb peri

is to perish.

As an adjective trans is

(chemistry) in (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.

As a noun trans is

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peri

English

(wikipedia peri)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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 , 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."
  • * 1916 (Mar 16), Alfred Richard Orage, ?Arthur Moore, The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art , page 473
  • 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
  • * 2008 , A Fire in My Heart: Kurdish Tales , page 75
  • The Padishah's son was also there, and he realized that the peri looked very familiar.

    Synonyms

    * (sprite) fairy, pixie, sprite

    Anagrams

    * ----

    trans

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ).

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
  • the trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands
  • (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
  • (colloquial) Transgender, transsexual.
  • An umbrella term that refers to all the identities, other then cisgender, that are within the gender identity spectrum.
  • Usage notes
    Compare (m) and its usage notes, particularly with regard to the gender-related sense. Compare and and its usage notes with regards to the umbrella sense.
    Derived terms
    * trans fat * transman / trans man; transwoman / trans woman

    Coordinate terms

    * cis

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviation.

    Noun

  • Anagrams

    * * * ----