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Fief vs Cleft - What's the difference?

fief | cleft |

As nouns the difference between fief and cleft

is that fief is an estate held of a superior on condition of military service while cleft is an opening, fissure, or v-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

As a verb cleft is

(cleave).

fief

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An estate held of a superior on condition of military service.
  • Something over which one has rights or exercises control.
  • (metaphor) An area of dominion, especially in a corporate or governmental bureaucracy.

    • Synonyms

    * manor

    Derived terms

    * fiefdom * in fief

    Related terms

    * enfeoff * fee * feoff * feoffee

    See also

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cleft

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
  • A piece made by splitting.
    • a cleft of wood
  • A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Derived terms

    * anal cleft * * cleft chin * cleft grafting * cleft foot * cleft lip * cleft palate * cleft stick * gluteal cleft

    Related terms

    * cleave * cleavage * cleaver * cloven

    See also

    * dimple

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cleave)