Ere vs. Err — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ere and Err
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Ere
Before (in time)
We hope you will return ere long
Err
Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake
The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible
Ere
Before (in time)
We hope you will return ere long
Err
To make an error or misjudgment
I erred in turning onto the dead-end street.
Ere
Previous to; before.
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Err
To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong.
Ere
Rather than; before.
Err
(Archaic) To stray.
Ere
(obsolete) At an earlier time.
Err
To make a mistake.
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
Ere
Before; sooner than.
Err
(intransitive) To sin.
Ere
Before.
Err
(archaic) to stray.
Ere
Obsolete form of ear
Err
To wander; to roam; to stray.
What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred.
Ere
Before; sooner than.
Myself was stirring ere the break of day.
Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore.
Sir, come down ere my child die.
Err
To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
Ere
Rather than.
I will be thrown into Etna, . . . ere I will leave her.
Err
To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
Err
To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
Do they not err that devise evil?
Err
To offend, as by erring.
Err
To make a mistake or be incorrect
Err
Wander from a direct course or at random;
The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
Don't drift from the set course
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