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“Prince” or “Prints”

prince / prints 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.

prince p·r·IH·n·s

  • nouna male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign).

prints p·r·IH·n·t·s

  • nounthe text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication.
  • nouna picture or design printed from an engraving.
  • nounavailability in printed form.
  • nouna copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it).
  • nouna fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers).
  • verbput into print.
  • verbwrite as if with print; not cursive.
  • verbmake into a print.
  • verbreproduce by printing.
Usage

Examples in context

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“prince”

  • …he is actually a refugee prince from in the .
  • …law settling the crown on Prince Christian, prince of Denmark, and…
  • Kavan Tissa, Prince of Ruhuna
  • …1360–1393 (plague) married Teige O'Carroll, Prince of Éile
  • Garry Marsh as Prince Cernuwitz
  • Prince Polo
  • …Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers), British Army…
  • Prince Polo is a Polish chocolate
  • …Christian VIII, and her son Prince Frederick transferred their rights to…
  • …to the Elector's son, crown prince Johann Georg II, then 16…

“prints”

  • The spread of Hogarth's prints throughout Europe, together with the…
  • …de l'UNESCO) and many other prints and online magazines.
  • …later designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
  • …art in his paintings and prints.
  • The prints were published in support of…
  • …widely popular and mass-produced via prints in his lifetime, and he…
  • His prints were expensive, and remained so…
  • In the twelve prints of Industry and Idleness (1747)…
  • Black-and-white and Color (prints, slides)
  • …1990s, color Polaroids, and platinum prints from the 1970s).

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