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Sleight vs Sweight - What's the difference?

sleight | sweight |

As nouns the difference between sleight and sweight

is that sleight is cunning; craft; artful practice while sweight is a portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.

sleight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  • An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  • Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

    • Derived terms

    * sleight of hand * sleighty English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    sweight

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A portion or amount; the greatest amount or the greater part of anything; a multitude; a great number or quantity.
    • main sweight
  • The force of a moving object or body in motion; violence.
  • A rush; an impetus; a burden, weight, or force.

    • Related terms

    * (l)