Find these two words I holler.
One is just a color,
the other is the place of the crawler
but what's interesting indeed
is that one from the other we read
when not to spoil fun we agreed
within our very creed.
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The two words are:
GREEN and TERRA
One is just a color,
Green is a colour.
the other is the place of the crawler
Terra means 'earth', which is where many creepy-crawlies reside.
but what's interesting indeed
is that one from the other we read
when not to spoil fun we agreed
within our very creed.
The interesting thing about these words is that each becomes the other when their letters are shifted 13 positions in the alphabet (e.g. G is letter 7 - 13 positions along is T, which is letter 20).
Of course, performing such a 'Caesar shift' is a common practice on this site, used when one wishes to hide spoilers in a comment. We know it as 'rot-13'!
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Boy, that was fast!! I can't even accept it! – George Menoutis Jul 27 '20 at 11:04
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1@GeorgeMenoutis Ha! Something just clicked straight away - I think these two words were once used in a "What is a... word" puzzle that relied on this trick, and it's something that's stayed in the back of my mind ever since! – Stiv Jul 27 '20 at 11:06
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1@Stiv maybe you were thinking of this as I think you put in the comments of how you had nearly solved it :) – Beastly Gerbil Jul 27 '20 at 11:13
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@BeastlyGerbil Ah, that too, but I just found the one I meant! :) – Stiv Jul 27 '20 at 11:39
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@BeastlyGerbil Oh, and another! No wonder this information came to mind so readily today... – Stiv Jul 27 '20 at 12:19
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@Stiv I guess the idea has been more commonly used than either of us thought :P – Beastly Gerbil Jul 27 '20 at 12:21
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@BeastlyGerbil Indeed :) There's even this fun little gem from 2016... – Stiv Jul 27 '20 at 12:22