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“Fisher” or “Fissure”

fisher / fissure are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

fisher f·IH·sh·er

  • nounlarge dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.

fissure f·IH·sh·er

  • noun(anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.
  • verbbreak into fissures or fine cracks.
Usage

Examples in context

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“fisher”

  • …and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private…
  • …leads the cast as Peregrine Fisher.
  • …Baron of Richmond (Henry George Fisher), Phryne's father (series 3)
  • Marlow Fisher – viola
  • …was originally titled The Phryne Fisher Murder Mystery Series, but was…
  • …produce a trilogy of Phryne Fisher films.
  • …came across Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher murder mystery series and were…
  • …explored, along comes Miss Phryne Fisher, who sashays through the jazz…
  • …episode "Murder in Montparnasse," Miss Fisher had posed for a full…
  • …Davis as The Honourable Phryne Fisher, an independent, glamorous private detective,…

“fissure”

  • A fissure is used to describe:
  • …honde" v2147) in a large fissure ("an olde caue,/or a creuisse…
  • …example is the Medial longitudinal fissure, also known as the interhemispheric
  • An example is the Sylvian Fissure.

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