Poy vs Pry - What's the difference?
poy | pry |
a support structure.
a balancing pole used by rope dancers
a long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.
To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
To look closely and curiously at.
* Shakespeare
The act of prying
An excessively inquisitive person
A lever.
Leverage.
To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)
As nouns the difference between poy and pry
is that poy is a support structure while pry is the act of prying.As a verb pry is
to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.poy
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Noun
(en noun)pry
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) pryen, . More at (l).Verb
(en-verb)- Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, / To pry into the secrets of the state.