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Welsh vs Welch - What's the difference?

welsh | welch | Alternative forms |

Welch is a descendant of welsh.

Welch is a alternative form of welsh.



As proper nouns the difference between welsh and welch

is that welsh is the Welsh language while Welch is {{surname|A=An English|from=nicknames}} It was used for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.

As verbs the difference between welsh and welch

is that welsh is to swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt while welch is to fail to repay a small debt.

As an adjective Welsh

is (Native) British; pertaining to the Celtic peoples who inhabited much of Britain before the Roman occupation.

As a noun welch is

a person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

welsh

English

(wikipedia Welsh)

Adjective

(-)
  • *1985 , , In Search of the Trojan War :
  • *:The Tudors, it was argued, were of Welsh or ancient British descent.
  • (label) Foreign; non-native.
  • *:
  • *:By my hede sayd syr Gareth I wylle ryde vnto my lord sir launcelot for to helpe hym // ye shalle not soo said sir Bors by my counceylle / onles that ye were desguysed / ye shalle see me dysguysed said syre Gareth / and there with al he aspyed a wallysshe knyghte where he was to repose hym
  • Of or pertaining to Wales.
  • Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales.
  • Designating plants or animals from or associated with Wales. (See Derived terms.)

    • Derived terms

    * Middle Welsh * Old Welsh * Welsher * Welshman * Welshness * Welshwoman * Welsh ale * Welsh Black * Welsh cake * Welsh chimney * Welsh cob * Welsh Corgi * Welsh dresser * Welsh lump * Welsh mountain pony * Welsh nephew * Welsh Not * Welsh onion * Welshpool * Welsh pony * Welsh rabbit * Welsh rarebit * Welsh terrier * Welsh web * Welsh yard

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Welsh language.
  • * 1832 , (Queen Victoria), journal, 6 Aug 1832:
    • 9 minutes to 2. We just stopped to have our horses' mouths washed, and there all people spoke welsh .
  • (collectively) The people of Wales.
  • for someone who was a Welshman or a Celt.
  • A breed of pig, kept mainly for bacon.

    • Synonyms

    * (language) Cymric, Kymric

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * (cy)

    External links

    * ----

    References

    welch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.
    • She's a welch. That isn't hers, I lent her that watering can three years ago.

    Verb

  • To fail to repay a small debt.
  • To fail to fulfill an obligation.
  • * Lt. Col. Frank Slade (Al Pacino), speaking to his caretaker in Scent of a woman :
    • ''"I welched . I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?"

    Derived terms

    * welcher

    Descendants

    * welsh