Reprieve vs Riesling - What's the difference?
reprieve | riesling |
To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
To bring relief to someone.
* South
(obsolete) To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
A document authorizing such an action.
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
A variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas.
A white wine made from this grape (often slightly sweet).
As nouns the difference between reprieve and riesling
is that reprieve is the cancellation or postponement of a punishment while riesling is (riesling).As a verb reprieve
is to cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.reprieve
English
Verb
(repriev)- Company may reprieve a man from his melancholy, yet it cannot secure him from his conscience.
