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Pied vs Pried - What's the difference?

pied | pried |

As verbs the difference between pied and pried

is that pied is (pi) while pried is (pry).

As an adjective pied

is decorated or colored in blotches.

pied

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pi)
  • (pie)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Decorated or colored in blotches.
  • * Burton
    • pied coats
  • * Milton
    • meadows trim with daisies pied

    Derived terms

    * pied antelope * pied-billed grebe * pied finch * pied flycatcher * Pied Piper

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    pried

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (pry)

    • Anagrams

    *

    pry

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pryen, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
  • To look closely and curiously at.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, / To pry into the secrets of the state.

    Noun

  • The act of prying
  • An excessively inquisitive person

    • Etymology 2

    1800, ("lever"), construed as a plural noun or as a 3rd person singular verb.

    Noun

    (pries)
  • A lever.
  • Leverage.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)