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Bough vs Wike - What's the difference?

bough | wike |

As nouns the difference between bough and wike

is that bough is a firm branch of a tree while wike is a home; a dwelling.

bough

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A firm branch of a tree.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us.}}
  • * 2013 , . Melbourne, Australia: The Text Publishing Company. chapter 18. p. 172.
    • A pair of birds settle on the bough above them, murmuring together, ready to roost.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    wike

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A home; a dwelling.
  • A temporary mark or boundary, such as a tree bough set up in marking out or dividing anything, such as tithes, swaths to be mowed in shared ground, etc.
    • (Webster 1913) ----