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Renege vs Welsh - What's the difference?

renege | welsh |

As verbs the difference between renege and welsh

is that renege is to break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word while welsh is (offensive) to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt.

renege

English

Verb

(reneg)
  • To break a promise or commitment; to go back on one's word.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Michael Kevin Darling , title=Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Just before half-time, Clattenburg awarded Spurs a penalty for the third time after a handball in the area but he reneged after realising that the linesman had flagged Crouch offside in the build-up.}}
  • In a card game, to break one's commitment to follow suit when capable.
  • (archaic) To deny; to renounce
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Sylvester
    • All Europe high (all sorts of rights reneged ) / Against the truth and thee unholy leagued.

    Anagrams

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    welsh

    English

    (wikipedia Welsh)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • *1985 , , In Search of the Trojan War :
  • *:The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  • (label) Foreign; non-native.
  • *:
  • *:By my hede sayd syr Gareth I wylle ryde vnto my lord sir launcelot for to helpe hym // ye shalle not soo said sir Bors by my counceylle / onles that ye were desguysed / ye shalle see me dysguysed said syre Gareth / and there with al he aspyed a wallysshe knyghte where he was to repose hym
  • Of or pertaining to Wales.
  • Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
  • Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.)

    • Derived terms

    * Middle Welsh * Old Welsh * Welsher * Welshman * Welshness * Welshwoman * Welsh ale * Welsh Black * Welsh cake * Welsh chimney * Welsh cob * Welsh Corgi * Welsh dresser * Welsh lump * Welsh mountain pony * Welsh nephew * Welsh Not * Welsh onion * Welshpool * Welsh pony * Welsh rabbit * Welsh rarebit * Welsh terrier * Welsh web * Welsh yard

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Welsh language.
  • * 1832 , (Queen Victoria), journal, 6 Aug 1832:
    • 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh .
  • (collectively) The people of Wales.
  • for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
  • A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

    • Synonyms

    * (language) Cymric, Kymric

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (cy)

    External links

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    References