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Kilter vs Kelter - What's the difference?

kilter | kelter |

As nouns the difference between kilter and kelter

is that kilter is good form, order or condition; fettle while kelter is an alternative spelling of kilter meaning order or balance.

kilter

English

Noun

(head)
  • Good form, order or condition; fettle.
    • Out of kilter .

    Anagrams

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    kelter

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • meaning order or balance
  • * {{quote-book, year=1851, author=Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, title=Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Fiscal''--Something has been out of kelter at Washington these two years with regard to the rigid application of appropriations, at least in the Indian Department. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1867, author=William Henry Smyth, title=The Sailor's Word-Book, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=--All over'', resemblance to a particular object, as a ship in bad kelter : "she's a privateer ''all over ." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=Alexander Irvine, title=From the Bottom Up, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It was intimated to me that such "frivolousness" was out of kelter with the profession of a Christian. }}