Trickle vs Peter - What's the difference?
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A very thin river.
A very thin flow; the act of trickling .
to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously
to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To move or roll slowly.
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* 1911 , Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, Chapter I
* 1933 , Over the Garden Wall ,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
The leading Apostle in the New Testament.
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(biblical) The epistles of Peter in the New Testament of the Bible, attributed to St. Peter.
As nouns the difference between trickle and peter
is that trickle is a very thin river while peter is (hypocoristic slang ) the penis.As verbs the difference between trickle and peter
is that trickle is to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously while peter is (most often used in the phrase peter out) to dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.trickle
English
Noun
(en noun)- The brook had shrunk to a mere trickle .
- The tap of the washbasin in my bedroom is leaking and the trickle drives me mad at night.
Verb
(trickl)- The doctor trickled some iodine on the wound.
- Here the water just trickles along, but later it becomes a torrent.
- The film was so bad that people trickled out of the cinema before its end.
- Her white night-dress was smeared with blood, and a thin stream trickled down the man's bare chest which was shown by his torn-open dress.
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English
Proper noun
(en proper noun) (Epistle of Peter)- She knew of no Peter , and yet he was here and there in John and Michael's minds, while Wendy's began to be scrawled all over with him. The name stood out in bolder letters than any of the other words, and as Mrs Darling gazed she felt that it had an oddly cocky appearance.
- What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon, / And Peter like a piper's tune,
- And I say unto thee, That thou art Peter , and upon this rock I will build my church;