Wallet vs Mallet - What's the difference?
wallet | mallet |
A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
(by extension, slang) A person's bank account or assets.
A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
(archaic) A bag or pouch.
A type of hammer with a larger than usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
* 1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 51:
A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
As nouns the difference between wallet and mallet
is that wallet is a small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc while mallet is a type of hammer with a larger than usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.As a verb mallet is
to strike with a mallet.As a proper noun Mallet is
often the malicious party in examples of threat scenarios (synonym: Mallory). See Alice and Bob.wallet
English
(wikipedia wallet)Noun
(en noun)- The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet .
- It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
- I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet .
- He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.
Synonyms
* billfold * pocketbookSee also
* purseAnagrams
*mallet
English
(wikipedia mallet)Noun
(en noun)- The Mallet of arms, according to the representation of it given by Father Daniel, exactly resembles the wooden instrument of that name, now in use, except in the length of the handle, it was like the hammer of arms, to be used with both hands, indeed it differed very little from that weapon in its form.