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Polder vs Wolder - What's the difference?

polder | wolder |

As nouns the difference between polder and wolder

is that polder is (geography) an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes while wolder is (rare) a wold dweller, especially an inhabitant of the yorkshire wolds.

polder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 43:
  • *:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

    • wolder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A wold dweller, especially an inhabitant of the Yorkshire Wolds

    • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989

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