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Wallet vs Pulse - What's the difference?

wallet | pulse |

As nouns the difference between wallet and pulse

is that wallet is a small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc while pulse is a normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.

As a verb pulse is

to beat, to throb, to flash.

wallet

English

(wikipedia wallet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small case, often flat and often made of leather, for keeping money (especially paper money), credit cards, etc.
  • The thief stole all the money and credit cards out of the old man's wallet .
  • (by extension, slang) A person's bank account or assets.
  • It's unknown if the pro running back's recent sex scandal will hit him in the wallet or not.
  • A thick case or folder with plastic sleeves in which compact discs may be stored.
  • I won an auction online for a cheap CD wallet .
  • (archaic) A bag or pouch.
  • He brought with him a large wallet with some provisions for the road.

    Synonyms

    * billfold * pocketbook

    See also

    * purse

    Anagrams

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    pulse

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) . For spelling, the -e'' (on ''-lse ) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (ā€˜uā€™). Compare else, false, convulse.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physiology) A normally regular beat felt when arteries are depressed, caused by the pumping action of the heart.
  • A beat or throb.
  • * (rfdate) Tennyson
  • the measured pulse of racing oars
  • * (rfdate) Burke
  • When the ear receives any simple sound, it is struck by a single pulse of the air, which makes the eardrum and the other membranous parts vibrate according to the nature and species of the stroke.
  • (music) The beat or tactus of a piece of music.
  • An autosoliton.
  • See also
    * beat * (Physiology) arrhythmia, blood pressure, heartbeat * (Music) meter, tempo

    Verb

  • To beat, to throb, to flash.
  • In the dead of night, all was still but the pulsing light.
  • To flow, particularly of blood.
  • Hot blood pulses through my veins.
  • To emit in discrete quantities.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) pouls, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any annual legume yielding from 1 to 12 grains or seeds of variable size, shape and colour within a pod, and used as food for humans or animals.
  • References

    * * * DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465.

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