The difference between Equal and Peer
When used as nouns, equal means a person or thing of equal status to others, whereas peer means a look.
When used as verbs, equal means to be equal to, to have the same value as, whereas peer means to look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
Equal is also adjective with the meaning: the same in all respects.
check bellow for the other definitions of Equal and Peer
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Equal as an adjective (not comparable):
The same in all respects.
Examples:
"'Equal conditions should produce equal results."
"All men are created equal."
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Equal as an adjective (mathematics, not comparable):
Exactly identical, having the same value.
Examples:
"All right angles are equal."
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Equal as an adjective (obsolete):
Fair, impartial.
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Equal as an adjective (comparable):
Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
Examples:
"This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it."
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Equal as an adjective (obsolete):
Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
Examples:
"an equal movement"
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Equal as an adjective (music):
Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
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Equal as a verb (mathematics):
To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
Examples:
"Two plus two equals four."
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Equal as a verb:
To be equivalent to; to match
Examples:
"David equaled the water level of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter."
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Equal as a verb (informal):
To have as its consequence.
Examples:
"Losing this deal equals losing your job."
"Might does not equal right."
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Equal as a noun:
A person or thing of equal status to others.
Examples:
"We're all equals here."
"This beer has no equal."
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Equal as a noun (obsolete):
State of being equal; equality.
Examples:
"rfquotek Spenser"
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Peer as a verb (intransitive):
To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
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Peer as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To come in sight; to appear.
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Peer as a noun:
A look; a glance.
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Peer as a noun:
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal (to that of something else).
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Peer as a noun:
Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
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Peer as a noun:
A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
Examples:
"a peer of the realm"
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Peer as a noun:
A comrade; a companion; an associate.
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Peer as a verb:
To make equal in rank.
Examples:
"rfquotek Heylin"
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Peer as a verb (Internet):
To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
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Peer as a noun (informal):
Someone who pees, someone who urinates.