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“Peal” or “Peel”

peal / peel 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.

peal p·IY·l

  • nouna deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells).
  • verbring recurrently.

peel p·IY·l

  • nounBritish politician (1788-1850).
  • nounthe rind of a fruit or vegetable.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“peal”

  • …known record of a "full peal" which was "true" – that…
  • …famous and frequently rung call-change peal, associated with the Devon Association…
  • To be classified as a peal, a performance must be in…
  • …to today as a long-length peal.
  • The first method ringing peal in this modern sense took…
  • Originally a peal referred to a sequence of…
  • …is thus synonymous with a peal.
  • …larger numbers of bells a peal is a subset of the
  • Peal records committee
  • Modern peal standards

“peel”

  • Ben-Gurion was delighted by the Peel Commission's support for transfer, which…
  • Thus, well before Lord Peel arrived in Palestine on 11…
  • …British government initially accepted the Peel report in principle.
  • Following publication of the Peel Commission's report in July 1937…
  • …Congress to approve equivocally the Peel recommendations as a basis for…
  • …1938, the Commission rejected the Peel plan primarily on the grounds…
  • …well for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder in the West Australian…
  • …over the recommendations of the Peel Commission.
  • …about a year while the Peel Commission deliberated.
  • He lives in Peel on the Isle of Man.

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