Difference between Tierce and Third

What is the difference between Tierce and Third?

Tierce as a noun is a cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. while Third as a numeral is the ordinal form of the cardinal number three; coming after the second.

Tierce

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is, forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment. The third tone of the scale. See mediant. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major. The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height. An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag. (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for that hour.

Third

Part of speech: numeral

Definition: The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

Part of speech: abbreviation

Definition: The person or thing in the third position.One of three equal parts of a whole.The third gear of an engine.An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.third base

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.To divide into three equal parts.

Example sentence: The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

We hope you now know whether to use Tierce or Third in your sentence.

Also read

Popular Articles