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Hilt vs Jilt - What's the difference?

hilt | jilt |

In transitive terms the difference between hilt and jilt

is that hilt is to provide with a hilt while jilt is to cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.

hilt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The handle of a sword, consisting of grip, guard, and pommel, designed to facilitate use of the blade and afford protection to the hand.
  • The base of the penis
    • {{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , he draws it again, and just wetting it with spittle, re-enters, and with ease sheath'd it now up to the hilt }}

    Synonyms

    * haft

    Meronyms

    * grip * guard * pommel

    Holonyms

    * sword

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide with a hilt.

    • Anagrams

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    jilt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who jilts a lover.
    • (Otway)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • Tell a man passionately in love, that he is jilted ; bring a score of witnesses of the falsehood of his mistress, it is ten to one but three kind words of hers shall invalidate all their testimonies.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.}}