Boar vs Gilt - What's the difference?
boar | gilt |
(uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
Golden coloured.
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As nouns the difference between boar and gilt
is that boar is a wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig while gilt is gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.As an adjective gilt is
golden coloured.As a verb gilt is
past tense of gild.boar
English
(wikipedia boar)Coordinate terms
* sowDerived terms
* boar-spear * herd boarSee also
* hog * pig * swineAnagrams
* ----gilt
English
Etymology 1
Cf. gold and German GeldNoun
(en-noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.}}