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Ser vs Sear - What's the difference?

ser | sear |

As nouns the difference between ser and sear

is that ser is an address or courtesy title to any person, especially if their gender and/or form of address are unknown while sear is a scar produced by searing.

As an abbreviation ser

is serial.

As an initialism SER

is state Emergency Relief.

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.

ser

English

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • serial

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used in some fantasy novels) An address or courtesy title to any person, especially if their gender and/or form of address are unknown.
    • Would ser care to dine this evening?

    Anagrams

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    sear

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) seer, seere, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Dry; withered, especially of vegetation.

    • 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)
  • To char, scorch, or burn the surface of something with a hot instrument.
  • To wither; to dry up.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (figurative) To mark permanently, as if by burning.
    • The events of that day were seared into her memory.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A scar produced by searing
  • Part of a gun that retards the hammer until the trigger is pulled.

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