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Esophagus vs Weasand - What's the difference?

esophagus | weasand |

As nouns the difference between esophagus and weasand

is that esophagus is (us) while weasand is the oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea.

esophagus

English

Noun

(esophagi)
  • (US)

    • Derived terms

    * Barrett's esophagus English nouns with irregular plurals

    weasand

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) (dialectal) * (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The oesophagus; the windpipe; the trachea.
  • * 1819 , Walter Scott, Ivanhoe :
    • “By Heaven, and all saints in it, better food hath not passed my weasand for three livelong days, and by God’s providence it is that I am now here to tell it.”
  • The throat in general.
  • * 1964 , Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun :
    • ‘Which fellows?’ Very loud now, but a tightening in her weasand .