Difference between Crowbar and Pry

What is the difference between Crowbar and Pry?

Crowbar as a verb is to use force to move something while Pry as a verb is looking where one is not welcome; being nosey.

Crowbar

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use force to move something

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage

Pry

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Looking where one is not welcome; being nosey.To look closely and curiously at, peepTo use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of pryingAn excessively inquisitive personA lever.Leverage.

Example sentence: It's what I do best - pry into people's business and mind their business. I can't help myself. I can't even go through the grocery line of the grocery store without talking to people and then giving them my opinion.

We hope you now know whether to use Crowbar or Pry in your sentence.

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