What is the difference between Shear and Sheer?
What is the difference between Shear and Sheer? :
Shear : (verb)
( 1 ) Cut the wool off a sheep with shears
It is a sheep-shearing time.
He sheared fifty sheep.
( 2 ) Become twisted or break under pressure
The bolt sheared and the thief came off.
Sheer : (adjective)
( 1 ) Complete, thorough, utter
It was a sheer waste of time.
What you say is sheer nonsense.
Many of the audience walked out through sheer boredom.
( 2 ) Thin, Light and almost transparent
She was wearing clothes made of sheer nylon.
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