Prise vs Winkle - What's the difference?
prise | winkle | Synonyms |
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
A periwinkle or its shell, of family .
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, especially, in the United States, either of two species .
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(children's slang) The penis, especially that of a boy rather than that of a man.
to extract
As nouns the difference between prise and winkle
is that prise is an enterprise while winkle is a periwinkle or its shell, of family family: Littorinidae.As verbs the difference between prise and winkle
is that prise is to force (open) with a lever; to pry while winkle is to extract.prise
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(pris)- 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — , The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
- c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
- 2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News