What's the difference between kercher and percher?
Kercher
Definition:
(n.) A kerchief.
Example Sentences:
(1) Lyle Kercher said the fact that the case had been drawn out over such a long period of time, with repeated twists and turns, had inevitably been "incredibly difficult" for the family.
(2) "I would not like the judge to be implying something else: that perhaps Raffaele, in order to have his innocence recognised, should have accused Amanda of the killing of Meredith Kercher," she told La Stampa.
(3) Knox, 26, and her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito , were cleared on appeal in 2011 of killing Kercher, 21, a British exchange student in Perugia.
(4) Standing in court, Kercher's brother Lyle and sister Stephanie looked serious and confused during the lengthy, dense verdict and were briefed on its contents by an official from the British embassy before responding cautiously.
(5) "First and foremost it must be recognised that there is no consolation for the Kercher family.
(6) The body of Kercher, a 21-year-old Leeds University student from Coulsdon, Surrey, was found in the bedroom of her shared flat in Perugia in November 2007.
(7) "If somebody – whoever that may be – can be convicted in a court of law and found guilty, that person should be punished as is appropriate," said Lyle Kercher, speaking to reporters before a press conference.
(8) In 2011, the appeal court in Perugia overturned the pair's convictions for murdering Meredith Kercher .
(9) "We hope that obviously coming into the [next hearing] we are near to the truth," said Stephanie Kercher.
(10) Sollecito faces a 25-year prison sentence after an appeals court in Florence upheld the convictions for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher .
(11) But Stephanie Kercher said that was not something they would consider.
(12) Asked about the possibility of Knox being extradited, Kercher's brother Lyle said on Friday morning that if Italy's highest appeals court confirmed the verdict he would expect Rome to make the request.
(13) There's nothing to celebrate," said Kercher's sister Stephanie in the courtroom.
(14) Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito had their convictions for the murder of the British student Meredith Kercher reinstated, a dramatic development in the long-running legal saga which paves the way for a possible extradition tussle between Italy and the United States.
(15) Speaking in Florence, Stephanie Kercher, Meredith's sister, said Thursday's ruling had just been a "step" on the path to a definitive conviction.
(16) Knox, who was also convicted of slander, said she had hoped for a resolution for both herself and Kercher.
(17) Amanda Knox has declared she would never go back to Italy willingly and would fight her reinstated conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher "until the very end", as an emotional public battle over her possible extradition began in earnest a day after the guilty verdict was returned.
(18) Speaking in Florence the morning after the city's appeal court ordered the American student to serve a 28-and-a-half-year sentence, Stephanie Kercher, Meredith's sister, said the verdict had just been the "next step" on a journey towards the verdicts being definitively confirmed.
(19) Meredith Kercher was found dead in the bedroom of her shared flat in Perugia.
(20) Knox, 26, and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, 29, were convicted and jailed in 2009 for the killing of their British housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy.
Percher
Definition:
(v. i.) One who, or that which, perches.
(v. i.) One of the Insessores.
(v. i.) A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furry, wide and face-obscuring, these were not demure head-perchers.