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Pierage vs Peerage - What's the difference?

pierage | peerage |

As nouns the difference between pierage and peerage

is that pierage is wharfage while peerage is peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.

pierage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • wharfage
  • (Smart)
    (Webster 1913)

    peerage

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Peers as a group; the nobility, aristocracy.
  • The rank or title of a peer or peeress.
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  • A book listing such people and their families.
  • See also

    * aristocracy * bunyip aristocracy