Heal vs Wheal - What's the difference?
heal | wheal |
To hide; conceal; keep secret.
To cover, as for protection.
To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
* Bible, Matthew viii. 8
To become better.
To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
(obsolete) health
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
(UK, dialect, Cornwall, mining) A mine.
* 1829 , Thomas Moore, The History of Devonshire ,
* 2003 , Peter Long, The Hidden Places of Cornwall ,
* 2010 , , Julia Bradbury's Railway Walks ,
As nouns the difference between heal and wheal
is that heal is (obsolete) health while wheal is a small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc or wheal can be (uk|dialect|cornwall|mining) a mine.As a verb heal
is to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure.heal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)Verb
Etymology 2
From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
- This bandage will heal your cut.
- Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
- Bandages allow cuts to heal .
- to heal dissensions
Synonyms
* (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recoverDerived terms
* healable * healand, Healand * healer * healthNoun
(-)- (Chaucer)
Anagrams
* * English ergative verbs ----wheal
English
Etymology 1
Compare wale. (wikipedia wheal)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* wale * weal * weltEtymology 2
From (etyl) hwel.Noun
(en noun)page 528,
- The four last-mentioned mines, Wheal' Crowndale, '''Wheal''' Crebor, East Liscombe, and ' Wheal Tamar, are on the same lode, which ranges as usual from east to west, and are included in a space of about four miles in length.
page 85,
- Surrounding the village are the remains ot many mine workings including the picturesque gtoup of clifftop buildings thar were once part of one of the county's best known mines - Wheal Coares.
page 27,
- If you look at the map there are ‘wheals’ all over the place. There's Wheal' Rose, '''Wheal''' Plenty and '''Wheal''' Busy. Back on the tramroad the industrial communities come thick and fast as you head southeast to ' Wheal Rose.
