Bulgur vs Pelt - What's the difference?
bulgur | pelt |
wheat grains that have been steamed, dried and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking.
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The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved]] with the hairy or [[wool, woolly covering on it.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too..
The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
(lb) Human skin.
:(Dryden)
To bombard, as with missiles.
To throw; to use as a missile.
To heavily.
To throw out words.
* Shakespeare
To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
As nouns the difference between bulgur and pelt
is that bulgur is wheat grains that have been steamed, dried and crushed; a staple of Middle Eastern cooking while pelt is the skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it.As a verb pelt is
to bombard, as with missiles.bulgur
English
Alternative forms
* bulgar * burghul, bourghulNoun
(wikipedia bulgur)Synonyms
* bulgur wheatReferences
pelt
English
(wikipedia pelt)Etymology 1
From (etyl) pelette, diminutive of from the same Old French and Latin roots.Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Possible contraction of pelletVerb
(en verb)- They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
- The children pelted apples at us.
- It's pelting down out there!
- Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.
- The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.