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Pewter vs Perter - What's the difference?

pewter | perter |

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

English

(wikipedia pewter)

Alternative forms

* pewtre

Noun

  • 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.
  • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • Derived terms

    * pewterer * pewterware

    See also

    * touchmark * trifle *

    perter

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (pert)

  • pert

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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:
  • "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
  • "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
  • (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
  • (Piers Plowman)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * pertly * pertness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave with pertness.
  • Anagrams

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