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Volt vs Polt - What's the difference?

volt | polt |

As nouns the difference between volt and polt

is that volt is volt (unit of measure) while polt is a hard knock.

volt

English

(wikipedia volt)

Etymology 1

Named after the Italian physicist .

Noun

(en noun)
  • In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
    • Derived terms
    * voltage * voltmeter * picovolt * nanovolt * microvolt * millivolt * kilovolt * megavolt * gigavolt

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) volte

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
  • (fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
    • (Webster 1913)

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    polt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hard knock.
  • *1782:' , ''Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress'' - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good ' polt of the head.
  • (obsolete, rare) A pestle.
  • *1612 , John Smith, Map of Virginia , in Kupperman 1988, p. 138:
  • *:Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt , lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.

    • Derived terms

    * polt-foot

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