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Peri vs Perp - What's the difference?

peri | perp |

As a verb peri

is to perish.

As a noun perp is

(slang|law enforcement) perpetrator.

As an adjective perp is

(architecture).

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

    * ----

    perp

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, law enforcement) Perpetrator.
    • "We have the perp in custody," the policeman said.

    Derived terms

    * perp walk

    Adjective

  • (architecture)
    • a perp window

    Anagrams

    * English clippings