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Tier vs Trier - What's the difference?

tier | trier |

As nouns the difference between tier and trier

is that tier is one who ties (knots, etc) while trier is one who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.

As a verb tier

is to arrange in layers.

As a proper noun Trier is

a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.

tier

English

Etymology 1

(tie)

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who ties (knots, etc).
  • Something that ties.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl), (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To arrange in layers.
  • To cascade in an overlapping sequence.

    • Anagrams

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    trier

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
    • (Boyle)
  • An instrument used for sampling something.
  • * 2009 , Stephanie Clark, ?Michael Costello, ?Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products (page 145)
    • The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
  • One who tries judicially.
  • (legal) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
    • (Burrill)
  • (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * trier of fact

    Anagrams

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