Sire vs Sir - What's the difference?
sire | sir |
A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
A male animal; a stud, especially a horse or dog, that has fathered another.
(obsolete) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
* Shelley
Of a male: to procreate; to father, beget.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 6:
A man of a higher rank or position.
An address to a military superior of either sex.
An address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown.
(colloquial) yes or no.
To address (someone) using "sir".
As nouns the difference between sire and sir
is that sire is a lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign while sir is a man of a higher rank or position.As verbs the difference between sire and sir
is that sire is of a male: to procreate; to father, beget while sir is to address (someone) using "sir".As an initialism SIR is
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English
Noun
(en noun)- And raise his issue, like a loving sire .
- [He] was the sire of an immortal strain.
Verb
(sir)- In these travels, my father sired thirteen children in all, four boys and nine girls.
Anagrams
* ----sir
English
Noun
- Yes sir .
- Excuse me, sir , could you tell me where the nearest bookstore is?
Derived terms
* sirrah * sirree * sireeVerb
(sirr)- "Right this way, sir." — "You don't have to sir me."
- He sirred me! Do I really look that masculine just because I'm wearing a tie?