Seer vs Sear - What's the difference?
seer | sear |
Agent noun of see; one who sees something; an eyewitness.
Someone who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.
Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.
To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
To wither; to dry up.
(figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
A scar produced by searing
Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.
As nouns the difference between seer and sear
is that seer is agent noun of see; one who sees something; an eyewitness while sear is a scar produced by searing.As an adjective sear is
dry; withered, especially of vegetation.As a verb sear is
to char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.seer
English
Etymology 1
.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
See sihr.Anagrams
* * * English agent nouns ----sear
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l)Etymology 1
From (etyl) seer, seere, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)Etymology 2
From (etyl) seeren, seren, from (etyl) , Greek hauos'' ("dry"), Sanskrit ''s?sa'' ("drought"). The use in firearms terminology may relate to French ''serrer ("to grip").Verb
(en verb)- (Shakespeare)
- The events of that day were seared into her memory.