Wealth vs Weal - What's the difference?
wealth | weal |
(obsolete) Weal; welfare; prosperity; good; well-being; happiness; joy.
Riches; valuable material possessions.
A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
(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.
Weal is a derived term of wealth.
In obsolete terms the difference between wealth and weal
is that wealth is weal; welfare; prosperity; good; well-being; happiness; joy while weal is wealth, riches.As a verb weal is
to mark with stripes; to wale.wealth
English
(wikipedia wealth)Alternative forms
* wealthe, welth, welthe (all obsolete)Noun
(-)- She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* wealthyExternal links
* *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.