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Skrik vs Skrim - What's the difference?

skrik | skrim |

As nouns the difference between skrik and skrim

is that skrik is a shock; a fright while skrim is scum; refuse.

skrik

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa) A shock; a fright.
  • * 2005 , Morag Vlaming, Gogo's Magic (page 89)
    • I was brought up on a farm in the Free Sate a long time ago. Jong, when I first came to Johannesburg I got such a skrik .
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    skrim

    English

    Noun

  • scum; refuse
    • (Bryskett)

    References

    * * (Webster 1913)