What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Pers vs Peri - What's the difference?

pers | peri |

As a proper noun pers

is a persian, a person from persia.

As a verb peri is

to perish.

pers

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)

    • Etymology 2

    . Compare (hers).

    Pronoun

  • (neologism) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular).
  • (Possessive) case of (per), used in place of a noun.
    • Synonyms
    * (singular) theirs * (neologism) eirs, hirs
    Coordinate terms
    * (possessive of per) his, hers

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    * ----