What's the difference between spirt and sprit?

Spirt


Definition:

  • (v. & n.) Same as Spurt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) There is incredible team spirt among the Wales players, and Ashley Williams has been an inspirational captain, but there is no escaping the fact that Bale has been the driving force behind their success, scoring six and setting up two of their nine qualification goals.
  • (2) The dietary habits of the North Moravian region have some features which are negative from the aspect of health--high consumption of spirts, lard, bacon and a lower consumption of milk and cheese.
  • (3) The challenge certainly seems to getting a competitive spirt going: Axel Weber, UBS chairman, told Bloomberg TV he had walked 16.5km in one day.
  • (4) Our message would be it makes a lot of sense to talk to Putin, but in the spirt of resolving a pressing crisis in the Ukraine and about assuring east European security,” the German official said.

Sprit


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To throw out with force from a narrow orifice; to eject; to spurt out.
  • (v. t.) To sprout; to bud; to germinate, as barley steeped for malt.
  • (n.) A shoot; a sprout.
  • (v. i.) A small boom, pole, or spar, which crosses the sail of a boat diagonally from the mast to the upper aftmost corner, which it is used to extend and elevate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The belief in persecution or possession by evil sprits is still popular in Latin American countries.

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