Geld vs Meld - What's the difference?
geld | meld |
Money; notably:
# A tribute
# A compensation, notably a financial one
# A ransom.
# A medieval form of Land Tax
To castrate a male (usually an animal).
* 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 16-17
English terms with multiple etymologies
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(US) to combine two similar objects into one
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
As nouns the difference between geld and meld
is that geld is money while meld is a combination of cards which is melded.As a verb meld is
(us) to combine two similar objects into one or meld can be in card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.geld
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) and is also written (m) or (m), and as such found in (m), (m), etc. Probably reinforced by (m) (which see).Noun
(en noun)Verb
- ''"Poor old Topaz," said Mrs Flanders, as he stretched himself out in the sun, and she smiled, thinking how she had had him gelded , and how she did not like red hair in men.
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meld
English
Etymology 1
Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).Verb
(en verb)- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/africa/27safrica.html?_r=1&oref=login]