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Milt vs Wilt - What's the difference?

milt | wilt |

In lang=en terms the difference between milt and wilt

is that milt is to impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt while wilt is to cause to fatigue; to exhaust.

As nouns the difference between milt and wilt

is that milt is the spleen, especially of an animal bred for food while wilt is the act of wilting or the state of being wilted.

As verbs the difference between milt and wilt

is that milt is to impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt while wilt is to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower) or wilt can be .

milt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The spleen, especially of an animal bred for food.
  • *, II.12:
  • we see that certaine apprehensions engender a blushing-red colour, others a palenesse; that some imagination doth only worke in the milt , another in the braine.
  • * 1983 , Robert Nye, The Facts of Life :
  • Adam Kadmon had pneumonia. Friar Goat cured it by tying a bullock’s milt to the soles of the lad’s feet, and burying the milt afterwards. Adam Kadmon immediately contracted the thrush.
  • Fish semen.
  • Derived terms

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    Synonyms

    * (fish semen) soft roe, white roe

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To impregnate (the roe of a fish) with milt.
  • wilt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from (etyl) welken, presumed from (etyl) (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
  • To fatigue; to lose strength.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 27 , author=Alistair Magowan , title=Bayern Munich 2 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , passage=Not only were Jupp Heynckes' team pacey in attack but they were relentless in their pursuit of the ball once they had lost it, and as the game wore on they merely increased their dominance as City wilted in the Allianz Arena.}}
  • To cause to droop or become limp and flaccid (as a flower).
  • To cause to fatigue; to exhaust.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of wilting or the state of being wilted.
  • Any of various plant diseases characterized by wilting.
  • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • * Bible, Psalms
  • If thou triest my heart, if thou visitest me by night, if thou testest me, thou wilt find no wickedness in me.
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