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Sweltery vs Swelter - What's the difference?

sweltery | swelter |

As an adjective sweltery

is sweltering, sultry.

As a verb swelter is

to suffer terribly from intense heat.

As a noun swelter is

intense heat.

sweltery

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Sweltering, sultry.

    • swelter

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To suffer terribly from intense heat.
    • (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
  • To perspire greatly from heat.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Intense heat.
    • The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.

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