Pear vs. Peer — What's the Difference?

Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late Summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus Pyrus , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the pomaceous fruit of the same name.

To look intently, searchingly, or with difficulty.

A sweet yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider towards the base, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh.

To be partially visible; show

The Eurasian tree which bears the pear.

A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age

Any of several trees of the genus Pyrus in the rose family, having glossy leaves and white flowers, especially P. communis, widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

A nobleman.

The fruit of any of these trees, having gritty, juicy flesh and usually a shape that is spherical at the base and tapering toward the stalk.

A man who holds a peerage by descent or appointment.

An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.

A computer participating in a peer-to-peer network.

A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis).

(Archaic) A companion; a fellow

The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood).

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

Choke pear (a torture device).

To come in sight; to appear.

(Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear

To make equal in rank.

A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear.

(Internet) To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.

The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below.

A look; a glance.

Sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties

Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).

Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties

Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).

A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.

A comrade; a companion; an associate.

(informal) Someone who pees, someone who urinates.

To come in sight; to appear.

To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day.

To make equal in rank.

To be, or to assume to be, equal.

One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.

A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.

A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm.

A person who is of equal standing with another in a group

A nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

Look searchingly;