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Yore vs Pore - What's the difference?

yore | pore |

As nouns the difference between yore and pore

is that yore is time long past while pore is a tiny opening in the skin.

As an adverb yore

is in time long past; long ago.

As a verb pore is

to study meticulously; to go over again and again.

yore

English

Noun

(-)
  • (poetic) time long past
    • This word comes from the days of yore .

    Usage notes

    A ; not used outside the phrase (of yore), especially the idiom days of yore.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (obsolete) In time long past; long ago.
  • * Spenser
    • Which though he hath polluted oft and yore , / Yet I to them for judgment just do fly.

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    pore

    English

    (wikipedia pore)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pouren, from (etyl), from (etyl) porus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tiny opening in the skin.
  • By extension any small opening or interstice, especially one of many or allowing passage of a fluid.
    • Related terms
    * porous

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) poren, pouren, . See (l).

    Verb

    (por)
  • to study meticulously; to go over again and again.
  • to meditate or reflect in a steady way.
    • Derived terms
    * pore over

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