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Sprit vs Sprite - What's the difference?

sprit | sprite |

As nouns the difference between sprit and sprite

is that sprit is a spar between mast and upper outer corner of a spritsail on sailing boats while sprite is a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.

As a verb sprit

is to sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.

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)

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    sprite

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sprite) (en noun)
  • (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
  • *1803 , William Blake,
  • *:He who torments the chafer's sprite
  • *:Weaves a bower in endless night.
  • (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  • An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.

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