What is the difference between spelk and splinter?
spelk | splinter |
(Northern English) A splinter, usually of wood.
(Northern English) A wooden splinter caught under the skin.
(aerospace) Unusably short lengths of fiber-reinforced material, such as prepreg.
A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
To come apart into long sharp fragments.
To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
* Prescott
(figuratively, of a group) To break, or cause to break, into factions.
To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Splinter is a synonym of spelk.
As nouns the difference between spelk and splinter
is that spelk is a splinter, usually of wood while splinter is a long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.As a verb splinter is
to come apart into long sharp fragments.spelk
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* (long sharp fragment) shard, spelk. * (group formed by splitting) faction, splinter group.Verb
(en verb)- The tall tree splintered during the storm.
- His third kick splintered the door.
- After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and abandoned the field to the enemy.
- The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
- The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
- (Bishop Wren)