What's the difference between cowrie and cowry?

Cowrie


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Kauri.
  • (n.) Alt. of Cowry

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was great: a sort of cryptographic cowrie shell for virtual fish.
  • (2) If one cowrie shell bought a fish, there wasn't any risk that some fisherman would try to corner the market and push the price of fish up in order to become rich.
  • (3) Cowrie shells were a 13th-century medium of exchange: they were a fairly effective currency at a time when there was no risk that people might hoard them in order to speculate on their value rising.
  • (4) It’s an old jetty in the city’s Ikoyi neighbourhood that sticks out into the still waters of Five Cowrie Creek, which separates Lagos Island from the Lekki Peninsula at its westernmost tip.
  • (5) Look out for "groatie-buckies", small cowrie shells often found here.
  • (6) But Bitcoin is just a bunch of people trading cryptographic cowrie shells - but now with internet-speed ability to see instantaneous prices, and with a burgeoning desire to spend it on "real" things.

Cowry


Definition:

  • (n.) A marine shell of the genus Cypraea.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It was great: a sort of cryptographic cowrie shell for virtual fish.
  • (2) If one cowrie shell bought a fish, there wasn't any risk that some fisherman would try to corner the market and push the price of fish up in order to become rich.
  • (3) Cowrie shells were a 13th-century medium of exchange: they were a fairly effective currency at a time when there was no risk that people might hoard them in order to speculate on their value rising.
  • (4) It’s an old jetty in the city’s Ikoyi neighbourhood that sticks out into the still waters of Five Cowrie Creek, which separates Lagos Island from the Lekki Peninsula at its westernmost tip.
  • (5) Look out for "groatie-buckies", small cowrie shells often found here.
  • (6) But Bitcoin is just a bunch of people trading cryptographic cowrie shells - but now with internet-speed ability to see instantaneous prices, and with a burgeoning desire to spend it on "real" things.

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