What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Welk vs Weld - What's the difference?

welk | weld |

As nouns the difference between welk and weld

is that welk is while weld is game (animals, birds).

As a verb welk

is (obsolete) of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.

welk

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay.
  • (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.i.23:
    • As gentle Shepheard in sweete euentide, / When ruddy Phoebus gins to welke in west [...].
  • * Milton
    • The church, that before by insensible degrees welked and impaired, now with large steps went down hill decaying.
  • (dialectal) to soak, .
  • (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely.
  • To contract; to shorten.
  • * Spenser
    • Now sad winter welked hath the day.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    weld

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • possibly deriving from the (etyl) word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

    • Anagrams

    *