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Specie vs. Species
Specie
/ˈspiːʃiː/Examples:
The rarity of the specie drove collectors wild.Banks often require specie for certain transactions.Pirates were notorious for hoarding specie as treasure.
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Species
/ˈspiːʃiːz/Examples:
The Amazon rainforest is home to countless unique species.Scientists discovered a rare plant species thriving in desert.Endangered species often face habitat destruction challenges.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- Specie refers specifically to coin money, usually in contrast to paper money.
- Species refers to a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.
- Remember specie as coin money, as it shares the ie ending with words like pie, which you can hold in your hand like a coin.
- Species always ends with s even in singular form unlike many other English nouns.
- Species refers to biology, while specie refers to finance.
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