tierce

In heraldry|lang=en terms the difference between tierced and tierce

is that tierced is (heraldry) divided into three (either vertically or horizontally) while tierce is (heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As adjectives the difference between tierced and tierce

is that tierced is (heraldry) divided into three (either vertically or horizontally) while tierce is (heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As a noun tiercel

is a male hawk or falcon, used in falconry.

As an adjective tierce is

(heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As an adjective tierce

is (heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As a noun tiercet is

(poetry) a triplet; three lines, or three lines rhyming together.

Tierce is a related term of terce.

As nouns the difference between terce and tierce

is that terce is the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m while tierce is a cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

As an adjective tiercé is

divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As adjectives the difference between tierce and fierce

is that tierce is (heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon while fierce is extremely violent, severe, ferocious or savage.

As a noun tierce

is a cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

As an adjective tiercé

is divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As a verb pierce is

to puncture; to break through.

As a proper noun Pierce is

a given name derived from Ancient Greek, medieval variant of Piers. Modern usage may also derive from the surname.

As an adjective tierce

is (heraldry) divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures; said of an escutcheon.

As a noun undern is

(label) the third ecclesiastical hour of the day, at around nine o'clock in the morning; tierce.