What's the difference between gemmy and jemmy?

Gemmy


Definition:

  • (n.) Full of gems; bright; glittering like a gem.
  • (n.) Spruce; smart.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Torulopsis pustula was isolated from blackcurrants, Torulopsis bacarum from blackcurrants, strawberries and raspberries, and Torulopsis multis-gemmis from raspberries.

Jemmy


Definition:

  • (a.) Spruce.
  • (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy.
  • (n.) A baked sheep's head.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) That all I could hear – BANG – and I thought, for fuck’s sake, I had a headache, Tel.” One of the men then clambered through the tiny hole to jemmy open 73 of the 550 safe deposit boxes, which they ransacked.
  • (2) Tax credits: power of Lords must be contained after defeat, Grayling says - Politics live Read more The office of Alexander – the Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury – was trying to jemmy open a debate that the Tories intended to keep closed.
  • (3) He left padlocked suitcases in the rooms and observed vicars and prim couples jemmy them open.

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