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Silt vs Spilt - What's the difference?

silt | spilt |

As a noun silt

is .

As an adjective spilt is

that has been spilt.

As a verb spilt is

(chiefly|british) (spill).

silt

English

Noun

  • Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
  • Material with similar physical characteristics, whatever its origins or transport.
  • (geology) A particle from 3.9 to 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • See also

    * alluvium * varve

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To clog or fill with silt.
  • To become clogged with silt.
  • To flow through crevices; to percolate.

    • Derived terms

    * silt up

    Anagrams

    * ----

    spilt

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That has been spilt.
    • Don't cry over spilt milk; tears won't put it back in the glass.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chiefly, British) (spill)

    • Alternative forms

    * spilled (mainly US )

    See also

    * don't cry over spilt milk

    Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Verb

    (head)