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Swapling vs Stapling - What's the difference?

swapling | stapling |

As a noun swapling

is an infant or child secretly exchanged for another; changeling.

As a verb stapling is

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swapling

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An infant or child secretly exchanged for another; changeling.
  • *1993 , Huntington County, Indiana: History & Families, 1834-1993 - Page 330:
    • A fire was kept burning in front of this and swaplings were kept inside to "poke away" the wild animals, including bears (as Grandma recalled being told).
  • *2011 , Christopher Golden, The Monster's Corner :
    • The parents of the human girl child would scream when they found the swapling , cry out even louder than they were doing right now, and wail, and call for the queen's guard, and kneel in their churches, […]

    stapling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

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