Sapling vs Swapling - What's the difference?
sapling | swapling |
A young tree, but bigger than a seedling.
(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
An infant or child secretly exchanged for another; changeling.
*1993 , Huntington County, Indiana: History & Families, 1834-1993 - Page 330:
*2011 , Christopher Golden, The Monster's Corner :
As nouns the difference between sapling and swapling
is that sapling is a young tree, but bigger than a seedling while swapling is an infant or child secretly exchanged for another; changeling.sapling
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* *swapling
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(en noun)- A fire was kept burning in front of this and swaplings were kept inside to "poke away" the wild animals, including bears (as Grandma recalled being told).
- The parents of the human girl child would scream when they found the swapling , cry out even louder than they were doing right now, and wail, and call for the queen's guard, and kneel in their churches, […]