What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Swoon vs Sweam - What's the difference?

swoon | sweam |

As nouns the difference between swoon and sweam

is that swoon is swan while sweam is (dialectal) a swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.

swoon

English

Alternative forms

* swound (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A faint.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon . How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"
  • An infatuation

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated) to faint, to lose consciousness
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1918 , year_published=2008 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=Edgar Rice Burroughs , title=The Gods of Mars , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage= I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned . }}
  • to be overwhelmed by emotion (especially infatuation)

    • Derived terms

    * swooningly

    Synonyms

    * (faint) black out, faint, lose consciousness, pass out * (be overwhelmed by emotion)

    sweam

    English

    Alternative forms

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

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal) A swimming of the head; a fainting fit; a swoon.
  • (dialectal) A snell or sudden qualm of sickness.