Weal vs Sweal - What's the difference?
weal | sweal |
(obsolete) Wealth, riches.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word).
* Macaulay
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* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 372:
a raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by stroke of rod or whip; a welt.
To burn slowly.
To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; waste away without feeding the flame.
To singe; scorch; dress (as a hog) with burning or singeing.
(dialectal) To consume with fire; burn.
(dialectal) To make disappear; cause to waste away; diminish; reduce.
*1913 ,
*:Here!—But you know, they can sweal a tumour away.
As verbs the difference between weal and sweal
is that weal is to mark with stripes; to wale while sweal is to burn slowly.As a noun weal
is wealth, riches.weal
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- as we love the weal of our souls and bodies
- to him linked in weal or woe
- Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high.
- Louis could aim to restyle himself the first among citizens, viewing virtuous attachment to the public weal as his most important kingly duty.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
See waleNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* whealAnagrams
* English terms with homophonessweal
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(en verb)- (Sir Walter Scott)