What's the difference between flier and frier?

Flier


Definition:

  • (v.) One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive.
  • (v.) A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).
  • (n.) See Flyer, n., 5.
  • (n.) See Flyer, n., 4.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As night fell, one teenager, Alex, who had slipped out of an independent school (she refused to say which one) was heading home, pausing only grab a flier advertising a "Snow Rave" for 16-18-year-olds.
  • (2) In 27% of the households, someone recalled receiving the flier.
  • (3) "I'm making that recommendation because I think those career average schemes are fairer to the broad majority of people who work in public services whose careers are not marked by sudden salary spikes like the high fliers.
  • (4) Work experience has changed from something that was seen as nice to have on a CV to something that’s become a necessity,” said Martin Birchall, managing director of High Fliers Research , which undertook the survey.
  • (5) I was an only child and I grew up among adults who were all quite high-fliers - famous actors and poets and playwrights - and so I never really felt I knew how to fit in.
  • (6) Yet the Tory attack dogs behind the election flier believe things are changing here, and elsewhere, and they are not waiting for Ukip to prove them right.
  • (7) Operation KKK (@Operation_KKK) All will be revealed next month around the one year anniversary of #OpKKK October 22, 2015 In November 2014, a local Missouri chapter of the KKK distributed fliers threatening violence against activists.
  • (8) There is a subset of fliers with "office hypertension" who may be on medication needlessly.
  • (9) A significant number of fliers are in a high or extremely high risk category for the development of CAD based on NIH criteria.
  • (10) And it’s not just people the cable car carries: sheep and cattle are frequent fliers, too.
  • (11) With this method 2 young fliers were freed of calculi and allowed to resume their chosen career.
  • (12) Hester admitted RBS was having to offer guaranteed bonuses to retain staff – and also to attract new high-fliers.
  • (13) by D. D. Bond, and "Notes on Men and Groups Under Stress of Combat," by D. G. Wright (a single volume, 1945); "Personality Disturbances in Combat Fliers," by N. A.
  • (14) The fliers showed higher superoxide dismutase and catalase activities and glutathione concentration than crawlers, whereas, the amount of inorganic peroxides (H2O2) and TBA-reactants was higher in the crawlers than in fliers.
  • (15) "They [final salary schemes] are fundamentally unfair – fundamentally unfair to the vast majority who work in the public sector, and can lead to high-fliers getting almost twice as much back in pensions than those on more modest earnings for the same amount of pension contributions.
  • (16) Females receiving their food by flight only ("forced fliers") show a shorter mean life span (which is more pronounced in virgin flies).
  • (17) We studied the evolving characteristics, as well as the qualification criteria, applied to 261 fliers with incomplete right bundle branch block (IRBBB), detected in a presumable healthy population of 7,685 males engaged in civilian flying activities (prevalence 3.4%).
  • (18) Jiban Ghimire, owner of Shangri-La Nepal, lost four of his team with one still missing, some of them working for an NBC crew filming the attempt by wing-suit flier Joby Ogwyn to base jump from the top of the mountain.
  • (19) The flier group reflected lower scores than the non-fliers.
  • (20) On this measure, Michael O'Leary is the green flier and Branson is the polluter.

Frier


Definition:

  • (n.) One who fries.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A four and a half year old boy was hospitalised with acute respiratory failure due to the inhalation during two hours of the smoke from an overheated frier.
  • (2) However, the standard Alinsky and Friere techniques have limitations in organizing efforts directed toward nursing home reform.
  • (3) While the techniques of Saul Alinsky and to a lesser extent Paulo Friere have provided the theoretical backbone for most community organizing efforts, these campaigns frequently are characterized by a rather eclectic synthesis of different methodologies.

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