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Sprit vs Nine - What's the difference?

sprit | nine |

As a noun sprit

is (lb) petrol, gas (gasoline).

As a verb nine is

they are.

sprit

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) spr?ot

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats.
  • A shoot; a sprout.
    • (Mortimer)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

    • Etymology 2

    Akin to (etyl) spritzen.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
    • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    nine

    English

    (wikipedia nine)

    Numeral

    (head)
  • (cardinal) A numerical value equal to ; the number occurring after eight and before ten.
    • A cat has nine lives.
  • Describing a set or group with nine components.

    • Related terms

    * ninth

    See also

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The digit or figure .
  • (card games) A playing card with nine pips.
  • (weaponry) A nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol.
  • (computing, engineering, usually in plural) A statistical unit of proportion (of reliability, purity, etc.).
    • They guaranteed that our Web site would have 99.99% uptime, or four nines .
  • (label) A baseball club, a baseball team (composed of nine players).
  • * 1877, Chicago Times, July 8, 1877:Peter Morris,
    • A Game of Inches: The Stories Behind the Innovations That Shaped Baseball, 15.1.3 Rain Checks, pp. 411–412
  • *:The St. Louis club is the only nine in the league which gives its patrons the right to see a full game or no pay.

    • Synonyms

    * (Roman numerals): (l)

    Coordinate terms

    * Previous : eight () * Next : ten ()

    Derived terms

    * cloud nine * dressed to the nines * on cloud nine * the whole nine yards

    See also

    *

    References

    1000 English basic words English cardinal numbers ----