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Peri vs Peril - What's the difference?

peri | peril |

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)
  • (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

    * ----

    peril

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
  • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
  • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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?"
  • Anagrams

    * ----