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Serif vs Serf - What's the difference?

serif | serf |

As nouns the difference between serif and serf

is that serif is a short line added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman while serf is a partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.

serif

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography) A short line added to the tops and bottoms of traditional typefaces, such as Times New Roman .

    • Antonyms

    * sans serif

    Anagrams

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    serf

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A partially free peasant of a low hereditary class, slavishly attached to the land owned by a feudal lord and required to perform labour, enjoying minimal legal or customary rights.
  • A similar agricultural labourer in 18th and 19th century Europe.
  • (strategy games) A worker unit.

    • Synonyms

    * (strategy games) peasant, peon, villager

    Derived terms

    * serfage * serfdom * serfhood * serfish * serfism

    Related terms

    * service * servile * servitor * servitude * servo

    See also

    * slave

    Anagrams

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