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Pericope vs Periscope - What's the difference?

pericope | periscope |

As nouns the difference between pericope and periscope

is that pericope is a section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech while periscope is a form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.

As a verb periscope is

to rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.

pericope

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rhetoric) A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech.
  • A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages.
    • The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope .
    The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.

    References

    * The Lutheran Cyclopedia , 1954, 1975 Concordia Publishing House, St Louis p 614. ----

    periscope

    English

    (wikipedia periscope)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of viewing device that allows the viewer to see things at a different height level and usually with minimal visibility.
  • * 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
    • The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.
  • (obsolete): A general or comprehensive view.
  • * '>citation

    • Related terms

    * periscopic * periscopically

    Verb

    (periscop)
  • To rise and peer around, in the manner of a periscope.
  • * 1951 , National Geographic Magazine: Volume 99 ,
    • Thousands of ungainly black-beaked heads would periscope and freeze in the direction of the approaching intruder.
  • * 1987 , Field & Stream March 1987 ,
    • The second summer I had a great deal of interest but weeks passed before I worked up the nerve to approach her, the confidence finally gained when I caught a queen snake that periscoped within reach, one of the last I ever saw swimming in Cross Creek.
  • * 2008 , Doug Stamm, The Springs of Florida page 99
    • Areas of barren sand are likely spots to look for its [the turtle's] periscoping head. Its fondness for the bottom is equally matched by its ability to quickly disappear and tunnel into it.
  • * 2010 , Jim Moran, The Sentinel: A Wildfire Story page 236
    • Her black and white head suddenly popped out from under the covers and periscoped around.

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