Pry
Part of speech: verb
Definition: Looking where one is not welcome; being nosey. To look closely and curiously at, peep To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.)
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The act of prying An excessively inquisitive person A lever. Leverage.
Example sentence: If art means as much to you as it does to me, or even if you're just exploring the art world for the first time, I invite you to turn off the boob tube, pry the Wii controllers from your kids' hands, and drag them to a museum.
Prise
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An enterprise.Variant of prize.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To force (open) with a lever; to pry.