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Perite vs Cerite - What's the difference?

perite | cerite |

As an adjective perite

is (obsolete) skilled.

As a noun cerite is

(mineral) a hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).

perite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) skilled
  • * 1820 , Blackwood's magazine (volume 7, page 668)
  • (Webster 1913) ----

    cerite

    English

    (wikipedia cerite)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mineral) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
  • (zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.