What's the difference between quire and quirt?

Quire


Definition:

  • (n.) See Choir.
  • (v. i.) To sing in concert.
  • (n.) A collection of twenty-four sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold; one twentieth of a ream.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Along the way, they will enjoy a vegetarian barbecue or two in the evenings, as well as something called a Hullabaloo Quire (songs of protest and celebration from around the world).
  • (2) Incubation of isolated to bacco chloroplasts with ingredients re quired for protein synthesis resulted in liberation of 70S ribosomnes and poly ribosomes that no longer sedimented with the chloroplasts.
  • (3) Although streptococcal skin infections are quire important in AGN, they do not result in acute rheumatic fever.

Quirt


Definition:

  • (n.) A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

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