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Peel vs Pelt - What's the difference?

peel | pelt |

In transitive terms the difference between peel and pelt

is that peel is to remove from the outer or top layer of while pelt is to beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

In intransitive terms the difference between peel and pelt

is that peel is to move, separate (off or away while pelt is to throw out words.

As a proper noun Peel

is a town on the Isle of Man.

peel

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove the skin or outer covering of.
  • I sat by my sister's bed, peeling oranges for her.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.
  • To remove from the outer or top layer of.
  • I peeled (the skin from) an orange and ate it hungrily.
    We peeled the old wallpaper off in strips where it was hanging loose.
  • To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.
  • I had been out in the sun too long, and my nose was starting to peel .
  • To remove one's clothing.
  • The children peeled by the side of the lake and jumped in.
  • To move, separate (off or away)
  • The scrum-half peeled off and made for the touchlines.
    Synonyms
    * (remove outer covering) skin, strip * (remove clothing) disrobe, strip
    Derived terms
    * peel off * peel out * keep one's eyes peeled (i.e. with eyelids open) * peeler

    Noun

  • The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.
  • The action of peeling away from a formation.
  • (label) cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or exfoliate.
  • Synonyms
    * (skin of a fruit) rind, zest
    Derived terms
    * orange peel * peel strength

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) and (etyl) pel (compare modern French pieu), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A stake.
  • (obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.
  • (archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.
  • Derived terms
    * peel-house, peelhouse * peel-tower

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) pele (compare modern (pelle)), from (etyl) pala, from the base of .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven.
  • A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.
  • (archaic, US) The blade of an oar.
  • Etymology 4

    Origin unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland, and, curling) An equal or match; a draw.
  • (curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.
  • Etymology 5

    Named from Walter H. Peel, a noted 19th-century croquet player.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).
  • Etymology 6

    Misspelling of peal.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • : to sound loudly.
  • * 1825 June 25, "My Village Bells", in The Circulator of Useful Knowledge, Literature, Amusement, and General Information'' number XXVI, available in, 1825, ''The Circulator of Useful Amusement, Literature, Science, and General Information , page 401,
  • Oh ! still for me let merry bells peel out their holy chime;
  • * 1901 January 1, "Twentieth Century's Triumphant Entry", , page 1,
  • The lights flashed, the crowds sang,... bells peeled , bombs thundered,... and the new Century made its triumphant entry.
  • * 2006 , Miles Richardson, Being-In-Christ and Putting Death in Its Place , , ISBN 0807132047, pages 230–231,
  • As the tiny Virgin... approaches one of the barrio churches, bells peel vigorously, a brass band launches into a fast-paced tune, and large rockets zoom... .

    Etymology 7

    (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) To plunder; to pillage, rob.
  • * Milton
  • But govern ill the nations under yoke, / Peeling their provinces.

    pelt

    English

    (wikipedia pelt)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pelette, diminutive of from the same Old French and Latin roots.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved]] with the hairy or [[wool, woolly covering on it.
  • *
  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too..
  • The body of any quarry killed by a hawk.
  • (lb) Human skin.
  • :(Dryden)
  • Etymology 2

    Possible contraction of pellet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bombard, as with missiles.
  • They pelted the attacking army with bullets.
  • To throw; to use as a missile.
  • The children pelted apples at us.
  • To heavily.
  • It's pelting down out there!
  • To throw out words.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Another smothered seems to pelt and swear.
  • To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.
  • To move rapidly, especially in or on a conveyance.
  • The boy pelted down the hill on his toboggan.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow or stroke from something thrown.
  • Anagrams

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