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Pyre vs Pre - What's the difference?

pyre | pre |

As nouns the difference between pyre and pre

is that pyre is a funeral pile; a combustible heap on which corpses are burned while pre is (slang) precum, cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

As a preposition pre is

before (something significant).

As a verb pre is

(slang) to precum, to pre-ejaculate.

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

    Anagrams

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "pyre")

    pre

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , see (pre-)

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Before (something significant).
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "pre")

    Etymology 2

    Abbreviated from (precum).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Precum, Cowper's fluid, pre-ejaculate.

    • Verb

  • (slang) To precum, to pre-ejaculate.

    • Anagrams

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