Wedlock vs Pedlock - What's the difference?

wedlock | pedlock |


As nouns the difference between wedlock and pedlock

is that wedlock is the state of being married; matrimony while pedlock is the condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.

wedlock

English

Noun

  • The state of being married; matrimony.
  • (obsolete) A wife; a married woman.
    • (Ben Jonson)

    Synonyms

    * matrimony * marriage

    Derived terms

    * out of wedlock

    pedlock

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of an area being so crowded that it impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic.
  • * 2008 , Jeff Byles, " Taking Back the Streets", The New York Times , 6 April 2008:
    • "We're going to spend a pile of money widening the sidewalks a little bit and narrowing the streets a little bit," Mr. Haikalis said of city plans to ease pedlock — pedestrian congestion — in Times Square.

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