What's the difference between sile and silex?

Sile

Definition:

• (v. t.) To strain, as fresh milk.
• (v. i.) To drop; to flow; to fall.
• (n.) A sieve with fine meshes.
• (n.) Filth; sediment.
• (n.) A young or small herring.

Example Sentences:

• (1) Awkwardness of the day Uproar in China as the national flags hauled up for Du Li and Yi Siling , silver and bronze winners in the women’s 10m air rifle, had the four smaller stars pointing in the wrong direction, a gaffe repeated when Sun Yang stepped up for his men’s 400m freestyle silver.
• (2) What is the difference between luttering down, siling down and plothering down?
• (3) Claims that it will boost the economy and jobs are “ vastly overblown ”, according to the political scientist Dr Gabriel Siles-Brügge , of Manchester University.
• (4) The bronze medal was claimed by the 2012 Olympic champion, Yi Siling of China.

Silex

Definition:

• (n.) Silica, SiO2 as found in nature, constituting quarz, and most sands and sandstones. See Silica, and Silicic.

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