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Pus vs Attery - What's the difference?

pus | attery |

As an initialism pus

is permanent under secretary (uk).

As an adjective attery is

(dialectal|or|archaic) poisonous; venomous.

As a noun attery is

(of weather|dialectal|or|archaic) cold, bleak weather.

pus

English

(wikipedia pus)

Noun

(-)
  • A whitish-yellow or yellow substance composed primarily of dead white blood cells and dead pyogenic bacteria; normally found in regions of bacterial infection.

    • Derived terms

    * pussy

    Anagrams

    * ----

    attery

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * (Scotland)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) Poisonous; venomous
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) Pernicious
  • (of a wound or sore, dialectal, or, archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
  • (of mood or disposition, dialectal, or, archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
  • (of weather, dialectal, or, archaic) Cold; bleak; grim

    • Synonyms

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    Noun

    (-)
  • (of weather, dialectal, or, archaic) Cold, bleak weather.

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