Disambiguation

[magid]

Peek is a verb about seeing.
Peak is a noun or adjective about extremes.
Pique is also a noun, but about negative emotion.

Script is joined-up writing, or what is used in a theater (until the players go off book, that is :-).
Scrip is what the doctor writes, or something used in lieu of cash.

Thank you.

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Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Good stuff, though I can't help but point out that pique can also be a verb. :)

Cheers to all the newly marriedfolk.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Point.

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

I've seen so many people who are otherwise quite fine with spelling getting those peek-peak-pique confused, and it annoys me to no end. But to tell you the truth, I didn't know scrip was a word. Is it short for prescription? (Oh, I see m-w also says it's a small writing.)

[magid.livejournal.com]

It drives me batty to see people's interest peeked (etc.).

I think I knew about scrip early on because my paternal grandfather was a pharmacist. It's amazing how many aspiring playwright doctors there are out there :-).

[cnoocy]

Peak can also be a verb, meaning to reach an extreme state of sensation. But it's much less common, especially in formal writing.

[magid.livejournal.com]

True enough.

Apparently I really should have checked the dictionary for completeness!