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Peat vs Yeat - What's the difference?

peat | yeat |

As nouns the difference between peat and yeat

is that peat is soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas while yeat is an alternative spelling of lang=en, obsolete except in place names.

peat

English

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source.

Noun

  • Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas.
    • Derived terms
    * peaty
    See also
    * (wikipedia)

    Etymology 2

    Compare .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
  • * 1594 , , I. i. 78 :
    • And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat !

    Anagrams

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    yeat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, Northern England) , obsolete except in place names.

    • See also

    * yett (Geordie & Scottish spelling).