Welded vs Melded - What's the difference?
welded | melded |
(weld)
possibly deriving from the (etyl) word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
(meld)
(US) to combine two similar objects into one
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
As verbs the difference between welded and melded
is that welded is past tense of weld while melded is past tense of meld.welded
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(head)Weld
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)Anagrams
*melded
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(head)Anagrams
*meld
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Etymology 1
Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).Verb
(en verb)- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/africa/27safrica.html?_r=1&oref=login]