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Fallowed vs Gallowed - What's the difference?

fallowed | gallowed |

As verbs the difference between fallowed and gallowed

is that fallowed is (fallow) while gallowed is (gallow).

As an adjective fallowed

is of land, ploughed but left unseeded.

fallowed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (fallow)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Of land, ploughed but left unseeded.

    • Synonyms

    *(ploughed but unseeded ): fallow

    Derived terms

    * unfallowed

    gallowed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gallow)

    • gallow

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) to frighten
  • * 1605': The wrathful skies / '''Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear III.ii

    • See also

    * gallows