Pewter vs Perter - What's the difference?
pewter | perter |
An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
items made of pewter.
A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
(pert)
Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body).
Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
* 1594 , William Shakespeare, , Act 1, Scene 1:
* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
(obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
As adjectives the difference between pewter and perter
is that pewter is of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal while perter is comparative of pert.As a noun pewter
is an alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.pewter
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(wikipedia pewter)Alternative forms
* pewtreNoun
Adjective
(head)Derived terms
* pewterer * pewterwareSee also
* touchmark * trifle *perter
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Adjective
(head)pert
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Adjective
(er)- "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"
- "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
- (Piers Plowman)