Pur vs Pursuit - What's the difference?
pur | pursuit |
(low murmuring sound as of a cat)
* 1895 , Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis (page 294)
* John G. C. Brainard
* 1840 , The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor (page 182)
The act of pursuing.
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, title= A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
(cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
(legal, obsolete) prosecution
* Fuller
As nouns the difference between pur and pursuit
is that pur is dated form of nodot=yes lang=en (low murmuring sound as of a cat while pursuit is the act of pursuing.As a verb pur
is dated form of nodot=yes lang=en.As an initialism PUR
is polyurethane.pur
English
Noun
(en noun)- The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
Verb
- And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
- It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur .
pursuit
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Mother
Bayern Munich 2-0 Man City, passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}
- That pursuit for tithes ought, and of ancient time did pertain to the spiritual court.