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Med vs Meld - What's the difference?

med | meld |

As an abbreviation med

is (degree ) master of education.

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.

As a noun meld is

a combination of cards which is melded.

med

English

Etymology 1

Shortened from medical.

Adjective

(-)
  • (informal) Medical.
  • I'm in med school.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal, chiefly, in the plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
  • He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds .
    English clippings

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (UK, dialect) may; might
  • * Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
  • You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.

    Anagrams

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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)
  • (US) to combine two similar objects into one
  • 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]
    Synonyms
    * conflate

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A combination of cards which is melded.
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