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Silts vs Silks - What's the difference?

silts | silks |

As a verb silts

is third-person singular of silt.

As a noun silks is

plural of silkCategory:English plurals.

silts

English

Verb

(head)
  • (silt)

    • Anagrams

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    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

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    silks

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • English plurals
  • (circus arts, in the plural) A pair of long silk sheets suspended in the air on which a performer performs tricks.

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