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Pruce vs Pauce - What's the difference?

pruce | pauce |

As a noun pruce

is prussian leather.

As an adjective pauce is

of or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.

pruce

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Prussian leather
  • * 1700 , John Dryden, Fables, Ancient and Modern: Palamon and Arcite , lines 30–31:
    • Some for Defence would Leathern Bucklers use, / Of folded Hides; and others Shields of Pruce .

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    pauce

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to paucity; being scarce or insufficient.
    • The documentation was very pauce .
  • * 1966. T?hoku Daigaku. Science Reports , v.37-38 1965-1967, T?hoku University: 1966, Page 208,
    • ...although the foraminiferal content is pauce .
  • * 1983. Academy of Political Science (U.S.) ''Political Science Quarterly; New York, v.98 (1983-84), Page 521,
    • Comparable information for the Soviets is pauce ; but the authors' observations are stimulating and plausible.
  • * 1997. Tony Whitten, Roehayat Emon Soeriaatmadja, Suraya A. Afiff, Surya Affif. The Ecology of Java and Bali , Oxford University Press: 1997, Page 600,
    • So, although it is often asserted that monocultures lead to increased risks of disease and pest attack, the evidence is pauce .

    Usage notes

    * Generally a mistake by non-native speakers. ----