Peace, Piece
Peace means tranquility, freedom from war or other disturbance, a state of calm. The word peace is derived from the Latin word pacem which means a peace treaty, an agreement, tranquility.
The word piece means a portion of something, an individual portion or section of a larger item or set of things. Piece may mean a financial portion, a game marker in a board game or in North America, a firearm. Piece may also refer to an artistic composition. Used as a transitive verb, which is a verb that takes an object, piece means to assemble something by putting its parts together, to patch something. The word piece is derived from the Old French word piece which means a portion, a small part of something or a coin.
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