What is the difference between Pear and Peer?
What is the difference between Pear and Peer? :
Pear : (noun)
( 1 ) Sweet juicy yellow or green fruit with a rounded shape that becomes narrower towards the stalk
Let me taste a pear.
Peer : (noun)
( 1 ) Person who is equal to another in rank, status or merit
It will not be easy to find his peer.
You will be judged by your peers.
( 2 ) Person who is the same age as another
He does not spend enough time with his peers.
( 3 ) (In Britain) male member of one of the ranks of nobility (examples – Duke, Earl, Baron, Marquis, Viscount)
He is a life peer.
Peer : (verb)
( 1 ) Look closely or carefully
She peered at me over her spectacles.
He was peering over the wall.
