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Elk vs Welk - What's the difference?

elk | welk |

As nouns the difference between elk and welk

is that elk is the largest member of the deer family (Alces alces); a moose while welk is alternative form of lang=en.

As a verb welk is

of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.

elk

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (British) The largest member of the deer family (Alces alces ); a moose.
  • (North America) The common wapiti (Cervus canadensis ); the second largest member of the deer family, smaller only than a moose. Elk never have flat antlers; moose do.

    • Synonyms

    * (Cervus candensis) wapiti * (Alces alces) moose

    Anagrams

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    welk

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
  • (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i.23:
    • As gentle Shepheard in sweete euentide, / When ruddy Phoebus gins to welke in west [...].
  • * Milton
    • The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying.
  • (dialectal) to soak, .
  • (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
  • To contract; to shorten.
  • * Spenser
    • Now sad winter welked hath the day.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

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