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Pyre vs Pye - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between pyre and pye

is that pyre is a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned while pye is (the pastry food).

pyre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned.
  • :* For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. - Homer Iliad, p. 31
  • Any heap or pile of combustibles.

    • Related terms

    * empyreal, empyrean

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "pyre")

    pye

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (the pastry food).
    • 1747: A Cheshire Pork Pye for Sea'' — , 1998, ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 1.)

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