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Pervier vs Nervier - What's the difference?

pervier | nervier |

As adjectives the difference between pervier and nervier

is that pervier is comparative of pervy while nervier is comparative of nervy.

pervier

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (pervy)

    • pervy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Behaving or appearing like a sexual pervert.

    • Synonyms

    * perverted (more formal)

    nervier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (nervy)

    • Anagrams

    *

    nervy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
  • (British) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 9 , author=John Percy , title=Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report , work=the Telegraph citation , page= , passage= Blackpool continue to thrive on the adrenalin rush of the end-of-season shoot-out and are heading for a second Wembley date in two years after negotiating a nervy path past Birmingham.}}
  • (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
    • his nervy knees — Keats.

    Derived terms

    * nervily * nerviness

    Related terms

    * nervous