Pat vs Per - What's the difference?
pat | per |
The sound of a light slap or tap with a soft flat object, especially of a footstep
A light tap or slap, especially with the hands
A flattish lump of soft matter, especially butter or dung.
* Charles Dickens
To (gently) tap the flat of one's hand on a person or thing.
* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 22[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/22]
To hit lightly and repeatedly with the flat of the hand to make smooth or flat
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(Australia, New Zealand) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
To gently rain.
timely, suitable, apt, opportune, ready for the occasion; especially of things spoken
* 1788, Cowper, Pity for Africans , p 18
trite, being superficially complete, lacking originality
* 2010, New York Times ,
opportunely, in a timely or suitable way.
* c''. 1600 , William Shakespeare, '' III.iii
Perfectly.
patent
(knitting) pattern
* 2012 , Kari Cornell, Knitting Sweaters from around the World (page 52)
for each
to each, in each ((used in expressing ratios of units))
(medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (followed by Latin name for an orifice)
in accordance with
(neologism) they (singular).
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
(neologism) them (singular)
* 1997 April 22, "Anthony and Joy Hilbert" (username), "ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules", in alt.sex.bondage, Usenet :
* {{quote-web
, year = 1998
, first = Katherine
, last = Phelps
, title = Odysseus, She
, site = Storytronics
, url = http://www.glasswings.com.au/Storytronics/Odysseus/wash/washframe.htm
, passage = "Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per .
}}
* {{quote-book
, date = 2006-11-15
, author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
, title = The transgender phenomenon
, publisher = Sage Publications
, isbn = 9780761971634
, id =
, lccn = 2006920988
, page = 160
, passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.
}}
(neologism) Belonging to per, their (singular).
* {{quote-book
, year = 2006
, author = Richard Ekins, Dave King
, title = The transgender phenomenon
, publisher = Sage Publications
, isbn = 9780761971634
, id =
, lccn = 2006920988
, page = 160
, passage = Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to as a non-gendered person.
}}
As a preposition per is
for.pat
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . For loss of ''l , compare (patch) for (platch); (pate) for (plate), etc. See (l).Noun
(en noun)- It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter.
Derived terms
* pat on the back (n.) * patter * pitter-pat: a diminutive of footfalls. "the pitter-pat of little feet running around the house."Verb
(patt)- To show affection, he decided he would pat the boy on the head.
- He came round to each of us to pat and speak to us for the last time; his voice sounded very sad.
- I patted the cookie dough into shape.
- Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
- Do you want to pat the cat?
Derived terms
* pat down * pat on the back (v.)Adjective
(en adjective)- a pat expression
- A story so pat , you may think it is coined.
Editorial: Jobs and the Class of 2010, May 23.
- The pat answer is that college students should consider graduate school as a way to delay a job search until things turn around, and that more high school students should go to college to improve their prospects. ''
Derived terms
* pat handAdverb
(en adverb)- Now might I do it pat
- He has the routine down pat .
Derived terms
* pat in the middleSee also
* strike * hit * feel * nameEtymology 2
Abbreviation.Noun
(en noun)- Work in pat to next underarm marker, sm, place next st on holder
Anagrams
* ----per
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Preposition
(English prepositions)- Admission is £10 per person.
- miles per gallon
- beats per minute
- Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
- The medication is to be administered per os.
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.
Usage notes
* The preposition per is typically followed by a singular noun phrase with no determiner. *: Take one pill per''' day.'' not ''Take one pill '''per a day. * It is sometimes followed by plural noun phrases, almost always determined by 100, 1,000, 100,000, etc. *: The abortion rate in the U.S. has dropped since 1980 from nearly 30 per 1,000 women of childbearing age to less than 20.Derived terms
* per accidens * per annum * per anum * per capita * per cent * per consequens * per contra * per curiam * per diem * * per impossibile * per incuriam * per interim * per maistrie * per mensem * * per minima * per my et per tout * per orem * * per pares * per primam * per primam intentionem * per procurationem * per quod * per saltum * per se * per stirpesEtymology 2
shortening of (person), coined by Marge Piercy in (1979)Pronoun
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per' couldn't because '''per''' was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers ' per was discussing it with agreed with per?
- This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per ?