What's the difference between shiel and shirl?

Shiel


Definition:

  • (n.) A sheeling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The mother-of-three began her career in the theatre before joining the literary agency Anthony Shiel Associates.
  • (2) Shiels said the preponderance of pigeons, seagulls and kookaburras in Australia sometimes obscured the fraught conditions facing native birdlife.
  • (3) Things had seemed much brighter when Dean Shiels produced a neat lofted finish to put the hosts in front after 14 minutes, but the inability to add a legitimate second was paid for in full when Daniel Da Mota scored a late – and heavily-deflected – equaliser via Ryan McGivern's shoulder.
  • (4) (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) Leslie Alexander Shiels, JP, DL.
  • (5) Michael Shiels, from Taronga Zoo’s bird department, is stationed in Chilton, in regional Victoria, where 38 birds will be released on Saturday.
  • (6) Since white settlement, about 80% of the country’s ironbark forests, their habitats, have been removed,” Shiels said.
  • (7) In addition to Heaton, other members of the panel are Patrick Mears (chair), a senior tax partner at law firm Allen and Overy; Michael Hardwick, a consultant at law firm Linklaters; Brian Jackson, vice-president for group tax at Burberry group plc and previously tax partner at KPMG ; Sue Laing, a partner at law firm Boodle Hatfield; Gary Shiels, a business consultant; and Bob Wheatcroft, a partner in accountancy firm Armstrong Watson.
  • (8) Ross began her career in the theatre before joining the literary agency Anthony Shiel Associates.
  • (9) The moor, she said, is pitted by unmarked archaeological treasures vital to the community's heritage - old grazing huts called shielings and uncounted prehistoric sites, which the council and developers have ignored.
  • (10) The Jacobite Express used in the Harry Potter films chugs between Mallaig and Fort William twice a day, charging across the Glenfinnan Viaduct with its spectacular view down Loch Shiel.
  • (11) During acute phase induction in rats, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) mRNA is modified by a reduction in poly(A) tail size (Shiels, B.R., Northemann, W., Gehring, M.R., and Fey, G.H.

Shirl


Definition:

  • (a.) Shrill.
  • (n.) See Schorl.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Among older friends and colleagues, she is known simply as "Shirl the Pearl" – a term that carries with it affection and also huge respect.

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