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Sold vs Sild - What's the difference?

sold | sild |

As nouns the difference between sold and sild

is that sold is income of a soldier, conscripts in military or other national service, and certain other professions while sild is herring.

sold

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)
  • (sell)
    • Derived terms
    * oversold

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) solde. See soldier, and compare sou.

    Noun

  • (obsolete) solary; military pay
    • (Spenser)
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    * English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms

    sild

    English

    Noun

  • Any young herring (other than a sprat), especially if canned and processed in Scandinavia for sale as a sardine.
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