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Halm vs Hawm - What's the difference?

halm | hawm |

As nouns the difference between halm and hawm

is that halm is stalk while hawm is (straw).

As a verb hawm is

(uk|dialect) to lounge; to loiter.

halm

English

Noun

(-)
  • (botany)
    • ----

    hawm

    English

    Etymology 1

    Uncertain.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (UK, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.
    • (Tennyson)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (straw)
    • (Webster 1913)