As nouns the difference between welter and welder
is that
welter is welter (boxing class) while
welder is one who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc, by welding.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
welter English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl). Cognates include (etyl) (m) ((etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
general confusion; disorderly mixture; aimless effort; as, a welter of papers and magazines
Verb
( en verb)
to roll; to wallow
(intransitive, sometimes, figurative) to be soaked or steeped in.
* Latimer
- When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.
* Spenser
- These wizards welter in wealth's waves.
* Landor
- the priests at the altar weltering in their blood
To rise and fall, as waves; to tumble over, as billows.
* Milton
- the weltering waves
* Wordsworth
- waves that, hardly weltering , die away
* Trench
- through this blindly weltering sea
Derived terms
* (l)
Etymology 2
Adjective
Of horsemen, heavyweight; as, a welter race.
Derived terms
* welter-weight
Etymology 3
Compare wilt (intransitive verb).
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welder Noun
( en noun)
One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding.
One who welds, or wields.
A manager; an actual occupant.
An item of equipment for welding with: an electric welder.
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