Difference between Prise and Pry

What is the difference between Prise and Pry?

Prise as a noun is an enterprise. while Pry as a noun is the act of prying

Prise

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An enterprise. Variant of prize.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

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: Secret government programs that pry into people's private affairs are bound up with ideas about secrecy and privacy that arose during the process by which the mysterious became secular.

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

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