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Veld vs Weld - What's the difference?

veld | weld |

As nouns the difference between veld and weld

is that veld is the open pasture land or grassland of south africa while weld is game (animals, birds).

veld

English

(wikipedia veld)

Alternative forms

* veldt

Noun

(en noun)
  • The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa.
  • * 1979 , , A Dry White Season , Vintage 1998, p. 79:
  • Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.
  • * 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 11:
  • From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 14, Caroline Elkins, A Life Exposed, New York Times citation
  • , passage=For Holmes, Baartman’s journey as an object of European curiosity and African exploitation began on the veld of South Africa’s Eastern Cape. }}

    weld

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • possibly deriving from the (etyl) word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
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